Research and recommendations for employee engagement: revisiting the employee-organization linkage
Development and Learning in Organizations
ISSN: 1477-7282
Article publication date: 4 September 2017
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this paper is to propose a conceptual model of employee engagement that will help employees to contribute toward organizational and societal goals in meaningful ways.
Design/methodology/approach
This study takes an exploratory viewpoint of employee engagement based on the extant literature and offers a conceptual model of employee engagement and its possible merits.
Findings
The paper strives to expand our understanding of employee engagement and addresses concerns regarding an apathetic treatment by practitioners.
Originality/value
The paper draws the attention of both academicians and practitioners by offering a conceptual model that will compel them to rethink the ways employee engagement is considered.
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Citation
Jena, L.K. and Pradhan, S. (2017), "Research and recommendations for employee engagement: revisiting the employee-organization linkage", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-02-2017-0012
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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