A Slant Of Employee Engagement: Drivers That Augment Work Involvement And Foster Discretionary Work Efforts

Abstract

The real quest has aroused among the contemporary business era to create a workforce that is passionate and engaged. There remains a question what actually engagement tends to do for an organization. Though the business of Human Resource Management deals with the process of determining and designating the right employee for the right Job, it is important for the HR Professionals to consider whether the manpower remains engaged towards their work. The paper explores the evidences of how engagement enhances the work environment, output and success of the organization from the perspective of employees in IT Sector. Factors based upon William Khan’s Engagement theory (1990) and other determinants of engagement were deliberated and analysed. The IT sector has been contemplated for the research. The key factor Job Importance was perceived to influence the engagement levels to a considerable extend. The study cognized that Better the engagement, better will be the productivity, higher the productivity, higher will be the profit and success of the organization.