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Development of a Measure of Employee Engagement


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Despite the enhanced interest of academicians and practitioners in the construct of employee engagement, there exists a dearth of choices in the various measures for its assessment. This paper attempts to develop a multidimensional instrument of employee engagement. Initial support for the construct validity of the seven item instrument was demonstrated. Directions for future research are also discussed.
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Surya Prakash Pati
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India

Abstract


Despite the enhanced interest of academicians and practitioners in the construct of employee engagement, there exists a dearth of choices in the various measures for its assessment. This paper attempts to develop a multidimensional instrument of employee engagement. Initial support for the construct validity of the seven item instrument was demonstrated. Directions for future research are also discussed.

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