Employee Engagement
22nd September 2018
Blog: 07
Employee Engagement
As the
concept of employee engagement is the latest human resource practice that has
been is the level of commitment and involvement of employees towards their
organization and its value.
According
to Guest (2013) one of the attractions of engagement is that it is clearly a
good thing. Managers are attracted to the concept because they like the idea of
having engaged employees and dislike the prospect of having disengaged
employees.
Employee
engagement is an emergent property of the relationship between an organization
and its employees. An "engaged employee" is one who is fully absorbed
by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further
the organization's reputation and interests.
Employee
oriented firms find ways to foster employee training, development, engagement
& motivation at work. These firms provide enabling environment for staff,
they create order not micromanagement. There is transparency & proper
communication between the management and staff.
Reilly and
Brown (2008) revealed that the terms job satisfaction; motivation and
commitment are generally being replaced now in business by ‘engagement’ because
it appears to have more descriptive force and face validity
An engaged
employee is aware of business context and works with colleagues to improve
performance within the job for the benefits of the organization. It is very
important for smooth functioning and survival of organization. Organizations
which fail to make their employees engaged cannot get competitive advantage.
According
to Whittington et al. (2017), evidence suggests that employee engagement has a
positive and significant effect on the organizations, and managers are pivotal
to engagement and well-being. Those invention increases the components such as,
commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, motivation and job
satisfaction.
Karsnia
(2009) has discussed that employee engagement has been identified as a critical
business driver that has the capacity to have an impact on organization’s
overall success. Effective employee engagement results in employee retention,
productivity and loyalty towards the organization. He further described that
there are so many reasons for engaging the employees such as customer service,
increased customer satisfaction, improved organizational productivity, positive
effect on teamwork and morale, alignment of employee strategy, reduced turnover
and absenteeism
Swarnalatha
and Prasanna, (2012) reiterate that employee engagement is gaining popularity
within the organization and its impact is beneficial for the organization.
Engagement of the employees is a good sign for the organization in achieving
its goals and objectives. Engaged employees give their organization a
competitive advantage such as higher productivity, customer satisfaction and
lower employee turnover. The employer of the organization should build a strong
relationship with the employees.
References
Guest, D E
(2013) Employee engagement: fashionable fad or long-term fixture? in (eds)
Karsnia, E.
J. (2009). Best practices for employee engagement. (Master’s thesis, University
of Wisconsin West Indies).
Swarnalatha,
C., & Sureshkrishna, G. (2013). Role of employee engagement in building job
satisfaction among employees of automotive industries in India. International
Journal of Human Resource Management and Research, 3(1), 1- 6.
Reilly, P
and Brown, D (2008) Employee engagement: future focus or fashionable fad for
reward management? WorldatWork Journal, 17 (4), pp 37–49
Whittington,
L., Meskelis, S., Asare, E. and Beldona, S. (2017). Enhancing Employee
Engagement. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.98-107.
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