Employee Engagement


Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work (Your Article Library, 2019).



When consider today competitive economics environment, an employee engagement is paramount important to the any organizations or industries. Mainly to get competitive advantage, satisfied labor force is playing causal game to win the competitive edge. The management has to play a major role to engage each and every employee for their ultimate objectives which is not very easy.

 Employee satisfaction or job satisfaction is, quite simply, how content or satisfied employees are with their jobs. Employee satisfaction is measured using an employee satisfaction survey. Factors that influence employee satisfaction addressed in these surveys might include compensation, workload, perceptions of management, flexibility, teamwork, resources, etc.

These things are all important to companies who want to keep their employees happy and reduce turnover, but employee satisfaction is only a part of the overall solution. In fact, for some organizations, satisfied employees are people the organization might be better off without. Satisfaction doesn't mean high performance or engagement. HR ideas and strategies focused on how to improve employee satisfaction oftentimes have results that demoralize high performers.
Employee satisfaction and employee engagement are similar concepts on the surface, and many people use these terms indifferently. The importance of knowing the difference between satisfaction and engagement is critical for an organization to make strategic decisions to create a culture of engagement. Employee satisfaction covers the basic concerns and needs of employees.



What’s employee engagement for you and me as employers

Employee engagement is about positive attitudes and behaviors leading to improved business outcomes, in a way that they trigger and reinforce one another.

Employee engagement is about drawing on our employees’ knowledge and ideas to improve our products and services, and be innovative about how we work.

Employee engagement is about drawing out a deeper commitment from our employees so fewer leave, sick absence reduces, accident rates decline, conflicts and grievances go down, productivity increases.

What employee engagement is not
Employee engagement cannot be achieved by a mechanistic approach which tries to extract discretionary effort by manipulating employees’ commitment and emotions. Employees see through such attempts very quickly and can become cynical and disillusioned (Your Article Library, 2019)


Reference
Your Article Library. (2019). Evolution and Development of Human Resource Management (HRM). [online] Available at: http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/hrm/evolution-and-development-of-human-resource-management-hrm/35234 [Accessed 1 Jan. 2019].
Your Article Library. (2019). Evolution and Development of Human Resource Management (HRM). [online] Available at: http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/hrm/evolution-and-development-of-human-resource-management-hrm/35234 [Accessed 1 Jan. 2019].


Comments

  1. Bandara AdhikariJanuary 2, 2019 at 7:43 AM

    You have explained very clearly & briefly that what employee engagement is. The way you presented is very attractive. Worth to read & share.

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  2. Shayan MBA 2018January 2, 2019 at 6:35 PM

    Fundemental requirement of an individual to persue an employement is to earn a living.Though with the unlimited pressure mounting on employees sometimes management tend to ommit the basic fact on Employee satisfaction through which as you have said its important to cater the job satisfaction.Persue in stress market condition may I also would agree on the fact that attempt to manipulate Employee will always result in detremantal as well as adverst effect on the business in a long run.I would also recommend you to also emphasise on Job security as well.All around job well done.Cheers!

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  3. AmithJanuary 3, 2019 at 6:42 AM

    Thanks for your valuable comments friends

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  4. UnknownJanuary 4, 2019 at 7:35 PM

    Your article is valuable for me and for others keep it up

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  5. UnknownJanuary 4, 2019 at 10:26 PM

    Good one. Keep it up

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  6. Aruna AmarasingheJanuary 5, 2019 at 10:21 AM

    Very simple and interesting to read

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  7. UnknownJanuary 6, 2019 at 5:27 AM

    Good One.Good infor

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  8. ThilinisewvandiJanuary 6, 2019 at 9:36 AM

    As employees this is a good article to gain knowledge on the theme. Thank you for sharing this.

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  9. thanuja hettipolaJanuary 6, 2019 at 2:39 PM

    You have clearly clarified that what employee engagement is. Very interesting topic. Keep it up

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