The role of creative engagement in competence and career development toward performance

Orientation: Creative engagement is the process of involving employees in creative activities of innovation, creativity and active participation in work. Competence and career development have an impact on employee performance. In addition to this, employee creative engagement has a role in mediating the influence of competence and career development on employee performance. Research purpose: The aim of this study is to test and analyse the influence of competence and career development on employee performance. This study also examines the mediating role of employee creative engagement on the relationship between competence and career development with employee performance. Motivation for the study: This research provides ideas to improve employee performance and organisational performance. By conducting further research, competency and career development variables are expected to improve employee performance with creative engagement as a mediating variable. Research approach/design and method: This study applied an explanatory survey method with a cross-section technique from 120 respondents. Main findings: Employee creative engagement provides a significant mediating role in the influence of competence and career development on employee performance. Practical/managerial implications: Employee development policies can consider employee creative engagement in mediating the influence of competence and career development on employee performance. Contribution/value-add: Career development has essentially been proven to enhance employee job performance. This research adds the abstraction that employee creative engagement mediates the influence of competence and career development on employee performance. The value-add can provide policy direction for employee development management.