Contextual Intelligence and Employee Engagement

Isaac Onyeyirichukwu Chukwuma1, Patrick Chukwunwike Chukwuma2*, Ifeanyi Leo Madu3, & Matthew Arinze Okeke4
1University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
2University of Illinois, United States
3Gregory University, Nigeria
4Madonna University, Nigeria
*Corresponding author
DOI – http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2024.7502

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the association and relationship between contextual intelligence and employee engagement in selected hotels in Rivers State. Primary data were obtained from 59 employees, and the data retrieved were subjected to a reliability test using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. In analysing the data, an inferential statistic tool (i.e. Spearman correlation) was deployed to examine the association between the study variables and a linear regression analysis was also engaged to predict the relationship between contextual intelligence and employee engagement using the IBM SPSS version 21. The findings revealed a positive strong association (r = 0.882) and a significant positive relationship (.954) between contextual intelligence and employee engagement. The study advances postulation on the theoretical and practical implications of its findings to the academia and industry.

Keywords: contextual intelligence, employee engagement, dynamic capability theory, management by interest theory

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