Advantages of Employee Engagement of an Organization
Advantages of Employee Engagement of an Organization
Today, employee engagement is
crucial to the success of the company. The organization cannot accomplish its
goals and objectives without strong employee involvement.Employees can provide
an excellent result if they become more invested in the company. In other words,
employees with high levels of employee engagement are more productive and
capable of producing exceptional results than those with low levels of
engagement. Employee engagement is a gauge of how well-adjusted workers are to
their positions and work environments. Achieving organizational goals and
objectives requires raising staff morale more than anything else. staff
engagement helps to improve staff morale.
Different authors have defined
employee engagement differently and have also emphasized key elements of
employee engagement.
Kular et al (2008) explored five key areas; what does employee engagement mean? How can engagement be managed? What are the consequences of engagement for the organization? How does engagement related to another individual characteristic? How is engagement related to employee voice and representation?
According to Kahn (1990) defines employee engagement as "the harnessing of organization members selves to their to their work roles; in engagement, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively and emotionally during role performance. the cognitive aspect of employee engagement concern employee belief about the organization, it's leaders and working condition. The emotional aspect concerns how employees feel about each of those three factors and whether they have positive or negative attitudes towards the organization and its leaders. The physical aspect of employees engagement concern the physical energies exerted by an individual to accomplish their roles.
Thus according to Kahn (1990),
engagement means to be psychologically as well as physically present when
occupying and performing an organizational role.
Engage employees to work with passion and feel a profound connection to their company. They drive innovation and move the organization forward. (Gallup, 2004).
According to (Marco & Sridevi, 2010) make sure to involve the employees show respect for the impact they provide and allow them to participate in the decision making process. This will encourage their investment in the process and as a result, increase their engagement.
Most often employee has been
defined as an emotional and intellectual commitment to the organization.
(baumruk, 2004).
According to corporate leadership council (2004) defined employee engagement as "the extent to which employees commit to something or someone in their organization, how hard they work and how long they say as result of that commitments''.
According to Gallup et al (2006) identified key drivers closely related to employees engagement. It can be summarised as follows,
·
Trust and Integrity: Goals and
objectives should be communicated to the employees and managers should act
according to given words.
·
Nature of the job: Employees should
have clear idea of their job-related challenges and face on that challenges
they should be motivated.
·
Line of sight between employees
performance and company performance. The employee should know how to give
their contribution to the company performance.
·
Career growth opportunities: Every
employee's career advancement and professional development in their job.
Hence they should know the career pathway very clearly.
·
Pride about the company:
Everybody is like to work in the reputed esteem company.working with such
a company they will get pride.
·
Coworkers /Team Members: Building
relationship and mutual understanding are very essential for healthy employee
engagement.
Model
of Employee Engagement
·
Penna's
Highrachical Model
Pena (2007) has described
hierarchical model of employee engagement. This model basically explains find
how employees are looking to meaning of work. Penna also explains word of
"Meaning" as fulfilment
from the job.
·
Robinson's
(2004) model-Engagement
Robinson (2006)recommended that
there is considerable evidence that many employees are greatly underutilized in
the workplace through the lack of involvement in work-based decision.
Employee engagement is the positive
mental and emotional attitude an employee has toward his or her work. An
engaged workforce can produce exceptional results for the business and
contribute to the accomplishment of corporate goals and objectives.
Employee engagement is being adopted by the majority of organizations for a
variety of reasons. Employee engagement involves laying the foundation for
organizational leaders and managers to successfully implement their entire
business plan. To develop devoted and committed employees within the
organizations, all executives must concentrate on employee engagement programs.
This also mentioned by
Federman(2009) " A roadmap for creating profit optimizing performance and
increasing loyalty.
Advantages of Employee Engagement
·
Increase the workers' safety. Employees who
are dedicated, devoted, and engaged are more conscious of their environment.
Research indicates that highly engaged workplaces experience fewer accidents.
·
Improve the employees' overall health. Instead
of a workplace that is not engaged, consider the health of the personnel. They
always make an effort to care for their staff and monitor their wellness.
·
A happier workplace may be maintained via
employee involvement. Stress, peer pressure, and termination issues are non-existent
in highly engaged organizations. Due to this, everyone may work cheerfully.
·
• There will be an increase in
worker satisfaction. Highly engaged employees are having a great time at work.
Their level of satisfaction exceeds that of a workplace with little engagement.
·
Happy workers enjoy better home
lives. The individual who has a positive job experience might impart that
information to their family by being engaged.
•
Contributed to keeping the organization's
absenteeism and labor turnover low.
• A
more engaging workplace will increase employee retention for the company.
• Boost the organization's productivity and
value for the market share.
Conclusion
Employee engagement refers to how
an individual perceives and operates inside a business. As a result of the many
advantages it offers both the company and the employees, it is very popular today.
Employees are considered as kings in highly engaged workplaces over all other
criteria. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of your
customers, claims Richard Branson. Considering that employees come first. Employee
engagement can aid an organization in achieving its goals, objectives, and
strategic plan. Employee involvement also aids in increasing productivity
inside the company and gaining a competitive edge.
References
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4.Available at https://www.quantumworkplace.com/future-of-work/14-benefits-of-employee-engagement-backed-by-research[Accessed 04-05-2023].
5. Available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentgleeson/2017/10/15/5-powerful-steps-to-improve-employee-engagement/?sh=56c8b05b341d
6. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Pennas-Hierarchy-of-Engagement-2007_fig1_324151435
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