Research and recommendations for employee engagement: revisiting the employee-organization linkage

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.

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