Employee Engagement.

Employee  Engagement.

Employee engagement is a positive attitude held by the employee towards the organization and its value. Engaged people  are aware of business context and work with others to improve performance with in the job for the benefit of Organization. The organization must work to develop the  engagement between employee and employer.

Why Employee  Engagement is  Important.

Reduce level of  Employee churn, Higher  productivity, Improved attendance, Higher customer satisfaction.

Organizations need to keep the employee engagement in  higher level to achieve organizations goals because engaged employee willing to do their best in their job role. Leadership style effects to the employee engagement and  there is a relationship between leadership style  and employee engagement.

Engagement as a psychological factor including attachment and enthusiasm. According to this attachment and enthusiasm following feathers  of engagement are improved . Job Satisfaction, Organizational commitment ,psychological empowerment and Job involvement.

Engagement as satisfaction Engagement and satisfaction are direct link. Employer always try to upgrade the satisfaction of employees to maintain the engagement for getting hi performance. “Individual satisfaction and involvement will leads to enthusiasm for work” Harter et al (2002).Employees are satisfied with Opportunities for development, recourse  availability ,Compensation packages, Organizational  vision /mission and its benefits to society.

Organizations need highly engaged employee with passion and feel a profound  connection to their work and company. They  drive innovation and move the organization forward. The employers have challenge to identify the how  each and every employee got engaged .

References.

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