Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement is the commitment, desire of employees and effective leadership skills with support from the top management to the employees, human resource leaders set the initiative and belief of their company and spread that positive confidence to the employees in the company(Sarangi & Nayak,2016)
Employee engagements is the emotional dedication employees feel & works to achieve company targets & goals, mainly drive for company profit & growth, how an organization treats its employees has a direct impact on its employees’ engagement (Allen,2014).
Employee engagement is related to the emotional experiences of people who shape their work process and behavior, all the organization has a responsibility to provide proper training & development opportunities to employees to build a meaningful workplace & environment, in turn employees have the responsibility to give a meaningful contribution to the organization to drive for mission & vision(Osborne & Hammoud,2017).Employee’s knowledge of how well an organization’s resources are being managed has a positive impact on engagement, there is a strong relationship between productivity and engagement, employees’ knowledge of an organization’s & productivity levels also has positive impact on engagement, high engagement leads to higher financial performance, higher productivity, higher customer satisfaction and lower manpower turnover(Sekhar patro,2013).
Employee engagement has become a very important factor in HRM functions now, defining employee engagement in order to make the most of such crucial talent processes as recruiting, training and development and retention, organizations should be tuned in to the “voice of the employee” and ensure that valued employees are engaged with the organization(Vetrivel & Krishnamoorthy & Dhas,2020).
Higher levels of engagement are strongly related to higher levels of innovation (Azizah & Gustomo,2015).
Figure 1.0 – Key factors affecting for employee engagement.
(Source: Bhatla,2011).
Figure 01 interpret an organization’s capacity to manage employee engagement is closely associated to its capability to achieve high performance levels and higher business results (Bhatla,2011).
I work for a leading Manufacturing company, where employees are well recognized. The organization highly consider about employee motivation & arranged more programmes to have better employee engagement. The rewards, increments, performance bonus, promotions, employee excursion & religious days are some key practices of organization which used to have good engagement. Training & developments programs are ongoing for growth of employees, with all these activities organization employees highly motivated & positively engaged with company success, even C19’ pandemic period, organization achieved maximum value of sales & it was recorded as a best-selling year comparing with last five financial years.
References,
· Allen, M. (2014) What is employee engagement and how does it link with culture change? Is it the latest corporate jargon or is there real business value in it? Finally, what will it take to engage your employees and where do you start?. Employee Engagement – A Culture Change,2-4.
· Azizah,A.,Gustomo,A.(2015) The influence of employee engagement to employee performance at pt telekom bandung. Journal of business and management,4(7)817-829.
· Bhatla,N.(2011) To study the Employee Engagement practices and its effect on employee performance with special reference to ICICI and HDFC Bank in Lucknow. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research,2(8)1-7
· Osborne, S., Hammoud, M.S. (2017) Effective Employee Engagement in the Workplace. International Journal of Applied Management and Technology,16(1)50-67.
· Sarangi,P.,Nayak,B.(2016) Employee Engagement and Its Impact on Organizational Success - A Study in Manufacturing Company, India. IOSR Journal of Business and Management,18(4)52-57.
· Sekhar Patro,C.(2013) The Impact of Employee Engagement on Organization’s Productivity. 2nd International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace,1-9.
· Vetrivel,S.,Krishnamoorthy,V.,Dhas,B.(2020) Drivers of employee engagement to job satisfaction in modern Industries.International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation,24(10)1637-1641.
Well said Sandun. Beside Motivation refers to an internally generated drive to achieve a goal or follow a particular course of action.Also highly motivated employees focus their efforts on achieving specific goals Skripak (2016).
ReplyDeleteYes Pernalla,Employee engagement & job motivation positively & significantly influence employee performance & that will directly impact to organization performance(Tampubolon,2016).
DeleteAgreed with what you have emphasized. Employee engagement reflect the level of commitment and involvement that employee has to achieve organizational goal and on its values. Working environment, team and co-worker relationship are key factors influence the employee engagement (Anitha, 2014).
ReplyDeleteAlso Chanaka, Organizational success occurs when financial outcome & employee engagement are in balance, that balancing part should handle by company top management (Little, 2012).
DeleteIndeed Sadun for better employee engagement both employee and organization should fulfill the obligations. Engagement takes place when people are committed to their work and the organization and are motivated to achieve high levels of performance (Armsrong.2014).In addition lReilly & Brown (2008) noted that the term ‘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’.
ReplyDeleteYes Gagana,for the better employee engagement both parties should actively engage for the organizational activities, leader should play key role making proper strategies to motivate employees for high level of performance(Walker,2016).
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ReplyDeleteAgreed with you. According to the Hay Group (2001) categorized in to two parts in employee engagement.
ReplyDelete1. Commitment - determination and passion to achieve company goals.
2. Effort - the Desire of way beyond the job requirement
Agree with your views. Focusing on employee engagement helps to create a positive workplace culture that drives organizational success. When employees are satisfied with their job responsibilities, they put extra effort into what they are doing and improve their overall performance (John Storey et al, 2008).
ReplyDeleteYes Uddika adding to your comment,Few strategies should implement to boost employee engagement, ensuring psychological safety, freedom to express views and decision making, sense of mutual respect and understanding, boosting culture of Innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, experiential learning for growth and development, developing employee competency and capabilities(Rana & Chopra,2019).
DeleteIndeed Sandun, employee engagement has emerged as a critical driver of business success in today's competitive marketplace. High levels of engagement promote retention of talent, foster customer loyalty and improve organizational performance and stakeholder value (SHRM, 2021).
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