Does Employee Empowerment Influence Employee Motivation? Findings of A Study on A Multinational Corporation Operating In the IT Industry

In the era of the digital economy, human resources has become the most relevant asset in generating added value that gives companies a significant competitive advantage. Therefore, ensuring that companies implement an appropriate, effective and efficient set of HR practices in the area of employee motivation is of particular importance. Consequently, this study aims to present a model for analysing the relationship between the practices through which employee empowerment is achieved and the HR practices through which employee motivation is achieved in a multinational corporation operating in the IT industry. Among the main results obtained, we may mention that there is a statistically significant relationship between the practices through which employee empowerment is achieved and the HR practices through which employee motivation is achieved in the analysed company. In other words, employee empowerment significantly influences the level of employee motivation.