XYZ Inc. has just collected survey data from their current employees. You are asked to analyze and interpret the data so that you can help the CEO make evidence-based decisions to improve employee engagement. The CEO of the company has asked the VP HR to analyze the data and would like to understand the drivers of employee engagement as well as factors affecting employees intention to quit.

The VP of HR has asked you (the HR Analytics Manager) to analyze and report about a few questions.

Question 1

Instructions: Below is a correlation table summarizing the results of the study that looked at seven variables: All the variables in this study were measured on a scale of 1 to 5 ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree with higher scores reflecting higher degrees of agreement and/or higher levels of the variable.

Information about the variables (see also p. 158-159 of the Edwards and Edwards textbook):

Manager Motivating Behaviors = Employees perceptions of the degree to which their managers motivate and encourage them.

Autonomy = The extent to which employees have the freedom and flexibility to choose how they complete their work.

Justice = The degree to which employees perceive fairness in the process of how their organizations resolve disputes and allocate resources.

Job Satisfaction = How satisfied employees are with their current job.

Intention to Quit = The extent to which employees intend to leave the job/organization.

Engagement = The extent to which employees are fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work.

Perceived Organizational Support = The degree to which employees believe that their organization cares about them and provides adequate support.

Correlations with a single * are significant at p