Employee Engagement as a Mediator Between Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Turnover Intention: Evidence from Cooperative Employees in Mati City

This study was to assess the mediating effect of employee engagement in the relationship between corporate social responsibility practices and turnover intention among cooperative employees in the City, Philippines. The research key indicators, such as corporate social responsibility practices, turnover intention, and employee engagement, are always implemented by cooperative employees. The research design used in the study was a quantitative research design, specifically the descriptive correlation, to determine the relationship between the two variables and that there is a similarity in the pattern of scores between the variables. A survey questionnaire was administered to 384 cooperative employees in the City of Mati. Random sampling was employed to get the required number of respondents. An adapted and modified research instrument from different researchers was used and underwent a reliability test with an overall Cronbach alpha score of .957, which confirms the high level of consistency, exceeding the commonly accepted threshold. Moreover, frequency count and percentage, mean, Pearson's r, and ANOVA were used to treat the data. The findings revealed that the overall levels of corporate social responsibility practices and employee engagement are very high, while turnover intention is low. Finally, the corporate social responsibility practices and turnover intention were partially mediated by employee engagement.