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Employee Engagement, Recent Trends and its Effect on Performance: A Theoretical Review


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1 University Institute of Management, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
2 TKM Institute of Management, Musaliar Hills, Karuvelil P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India
     

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Employee engagement is a widely accepted concept. The association between employee engagement and performance is explored through this article. Employee engagement influences the employee performance and in turn affects the performance of the organization. It also has got inevitable role in determining different employee related and organisational related factors like job satisfaction, business results, brand name, shareholder value etc. Different organizations exhibit different levels of employee engagement and is influenced by different external and internal factors. From the externally driven cultural and social elements to internally driven features of an organisation like its policy, attitude towards employees and the individual's personality trait drives the engagement quotient of an employee. The study broadly reviewed the concept of employee engagement, linked it with different factors related to engagement, its recent trends and its effect on performance. The study also reviewing recent employee engagement trends in different part of the world.

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Employee Engagement, Performance, Economic Recession, Productivity, Employee Turnover, Job Satisfaction.
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Authors

A. Harilal
University Institute of Management, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
V. A. Santhosh
TKM Institute of Management, Musaliar Hills, Karuvelil P.O., Kollam, Kerala, India

Abstract


Employee engagement is a widely accepted concept. The association between employee engagement and performance is explored through this article. Employee engagement influences the employee performance and in turn affects the performance of the organization. It also has got inevitable role in determining different employee related and organisational related factors like job satisfaction, business results, brand name, shareholder value etc. Different organizations exhibit different levels of employee engagement and is influenced by different external and internal factors. From the externally driven cultural and social elements to internally driven features of an organisation like its policy, attitude towards employees and the individual's personality trait drives the engagement quotient of an employee. The study broadly reviewed the concept of employee engagement, linked it with different factors related to engagement, its recent trends and its effect on performance. The study also reviewing recent employee engagement trends in different part of the world.

Keywords


Employee Engagement, Performance, Economic Recession, Productivity, Employee Turnover, Job Satisfaction.

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