Nature of Employee Engagement: Rethinking its Levels

Manoaj Keppetipola; Anuradha Iddagoda

Nature of Employee Engagement: Rethinking its Levels

Publication date: 31.12.2021

Labor et Educatio, 2021, 9 (2021), pp. 103 - 125

https://doi.org/10.4467/25439561LE.21.007.15361

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Nature of Employee Engagement: Rethinking its Levels

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Employee engagement is a human resource facet. Engaged employee is the dream of every Chief executive officer. The reason is the consequence of the employee engagement, namely employee job performance and organizational financial performance. Engaged employee is the instrument of organizational success. This study is to present levels of employee engagement. To present an insight on employee engagement through a thorough desk research is another aim of the study.

Keywords: Employee engagement, levels of employee engagement, work related attitudes, engaged employee characteristics

Charakter zaangażowania pracowników: ponowne przemyślenie jego poziomów

Zaangażowanie pracowników to jeden z aspektów zasobów ludzkich. Zaangażowany pracownik jest marzeniem każdego prezesa. Powodem tego są następstwa zaangażowania pracowników w postaci wydajności ich pracy oraz wyników finansowych organizacji. Zaangażowany pracownik jest instrumentem sukcesu organizacyjnego. Niniejsze opracowanie ma na celu przedstawienie poziomów zaangażowania pracowników. Drugim celem badania jest uzyskanie wglądu w zaangażowanie pracowników przez dokładną analizę źródeł wtórnych.

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zaangażowanie pracowników, poziomy zaangażowania pracowników, postawy związane z pracą, cechy zaangażowanego pracownika

Employee engagement, levels of employee engagement, work related attitudes, engaged employee characteristics

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Information: Labor et Educatio, 2021, 9 (2021), pp. 103 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25439561LE.21.007.15361

Article type: Original article

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Nature of Employee Engagement: Rethinking its Levels

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Nature of Employee Engagement: Rethinking its Levels

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Manoaj Keppetipola

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2877-8469

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Anuradha Iddagoda

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2586-430X

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Published at: 31.12.2021

Received at: 12.09.2021

Accepted at: 19.12.2021

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