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.



Comments

  1. Further to my repeated feedback... yr blog articles lack the depth in academic material and this has reduced yr work count for an accepted academic article. Pls improve on this and re-fwd for my comments.

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