Precursor to employee engagement AMID knowledge workers

Title

Precursor to employee engagement AMID knowledge workers

Creator

Philip P.; Mani A.

Description

The main objective of this study is to critically analyze the precursor to employee engagement. The research methodology used in this research is descriptive research. In primary data, responses are collected through well framed questionnaires and direct interaction with the employees to selected sample of 550 respondents of information technology organisations in Bengaluru City. The questionnaire consists of 20 questions based on employee engagement precursor. To reduce the dimension of this an exploratory factor analysis was carried out and 3 factors explaining 65.26% of the variance were derived. The 3 precursors identified as professional contentment (Cronbach's alpha 0.940) career development (Cronbach's alpha 0.836) and job enrichment (Cronbach's alpha 0.826). The current study adds to the research pointing at precursors to employee's engagement among knowledge researcher. Medwell Journals, 2017.

Source

Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol-12, No. Specialissue4, pp. 6760-6763.

Date

2017-01-01

Publisher

Medwell Journals

Subject

Employee engagement professional contentment career development; Job enrichment information technology; Methodology

Coverage

Philip P., Department of Management, Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) University, Chennai, India; Mani A., Christ University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 1816949X

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3923/jeasci.2017.6760-6763

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