Employee Engagement
Employee Engagement
In an organization, employee engagement is necessary for a successful business. It is important that employees are happy with their positions and this is usually determined on how they are led by their superiors. This paper will discuss what employee engagement is the reasons why low employee commitment exists, ways to involve employees, types of employee engagements, and lastly, a model that will help one realize the importance of understanding how a happy staff of people will contribute to the organizations success. In order for a company to be effective, it needs to have their employees engaged in their work. In the text, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, it affirms, “Employee engagement is the degree in which employees are fully involved in their work and the strength of their commitment to their job and company” (Noe et al 316). When an employee is happy with his or her job they are motivated in making sure they provide positive attitude towards customer service, along with being productive at whatever the task may be. They also have a sense of self-actualization while achieving the goals and values, for the company they work at. This can be hard for Human Resource (HR) if there is no commitment from the employees. Eileen Flynn and George Chewning provides the following, “Research shows that an alarming 71% of employees are not engaged in their jobs and this is leading to a significant impact on productivity and operating income within most organizations” (2). This is why it is important, for human resource management to understand all positive and negative factors that employee engagement has on a business’s success. Low employee commitment happens based on several factors. The first reason this can happen is that an employee has not received enough training. For human resource, this preparation can be multifaceted after hiring an employee or for an employee that has obtained a different position within the
In an organization, employee engagement is necessary for a successful business. It is important that employees are happy with their positions and this is usually determined on how they are led by their superiors. This paper will discuss what employee engagement is the reasons why low employee commitment exists, ways to involve employees, types of employee engagements, and lastly, a model that will help one realize the importance of understanding how a happy staff of people will contribute to the organizations success. In order for a company to be effective, it needs to have their employees engaged in their work. In the text, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, it affirms, “Employee engagement is the degree in which employees are fully involved in their work and the strength of their commitment to their job and company” (Noe et al 316). When an employee is happy with his or her job they are motivated in making sure they provide positive attitude towards customer service, along with being productive at whatever the task may be. They also have a sense of self-actualization while achieving the goals and values, for the company they work at. This can be hard for Human Resource (HR) if there is no commitment from the employees. Eileen Flynn and George Chewning provides the following, “Research shows that an alarming 71% of employees are not engaged in their jobs and this is leading to a significant impact on productivity and operating income within most organizations” (2). This is why it is important, for human resource management to understand all positive and negative factors that employee engagement has on a business’s success. Low employee commitment happens based on several factors. The first reason this can happen is that an employee has not received enough training. For human resource, this preparation can be multifaceted after hiring an employee or for an employee that has obtained a different position within the
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