The Importance of Employee Engagement in Corporations

Human Resource Management

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Table of Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................2
Employee Engagement............................................................................................................3
Importance of Employee Engagement.....................................................................................3
Conclusion...............................................................................................................................7
References...............................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
In today’s competitive business scenario, corporations are looking to generate a competitive
advantage over their competitors by hiring and retailing talent staff members. Organisations
focus on finding new ways to motive and encourage their employees in order to increase
their engagement with the corporation. The companies want their employees to become a
part of the decision-making process which assists the enterprise in achieving its goals and
objectives (Eldor and Harpaz, 2016). While achieving this objective, the companies focus on
adopting employee engagement approach which assists them in ensuring that their
employees are working dedicatedly towards achieving their targets. By definition, employee
engagement is defined as the process of engaging employees in the organisation so that
they are committed towards their work and put extra efforts to achieve their targets (Mone
and London, 2018). The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the role of employee
engagement in corporations. This essay will critically discuss the importance of the
employee engagement approach for both individuals and organisations. Various factors
which determine employee engagement will be discussed in this essay as well. It is
assumed in this essay that it is not based on a specific organisation or industry.

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Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is determined as an approach which defines the level of dedication
which an employee has towards his/her work. It is described as a workplace approach which
is designed to motivate employees in order to push them towards achieving organisational
goals and contributing in the decision-making process to promote success of the company
(Anitha, 2014). This approach also focuses on enhancing the sense of wellbeing among
employees while they discharge their duties. Generally, employees have different attitudes
and behaviour in the workplace, and they have their own set of personal goals in life and
career which they wanted to achieve from their work. Some employees may or may not be
proud of their work, and some employees may be dedicated towards their work while others
did not care about the work or the company which they work for, and they did not put extra
efforts in their work. These different attitudes and behaviours resulted in differentiating the
outcomes of the performance of employees. Employees who work dedicatedly are likely to
have high productivity, low accident rate, low sickness rate, fewer conflicts and more
innovation (Karanges et al., 2015). The companies which implement an effective employee
engagement approach tend to have strong and authentic values. They have trust in their
employees, and they are fair towards all of their employees as well. Many times,
corporations try to manipulate the emotions and commitment of employees in order to
achieve employee engagement; however, this is not an effective way which resulted in
turning employees against the management. Therefore, the importance of effectively
implementing employee engagement policies is becoming crucial for corporations to
succeed in their respective industries.
Importance of Employee Engagement
Previously, the management in companies has implemented different types of approaches in
order to encourage motivation among employees and achieve efficiencies in the company.
However, these steps involve manipulating the feelings of employees, or they are effective
for a short period of time which makes them unsuccessful. As per the study of Albrecht et al.
(2015), employee engagement has a significant impact on companies, and it influences
various aspects which include improved performance, customer satisfaction, efficient
operations, reduction in operation costs, establishment of positive workplace environment
and others. The research of Rigoni and Nelson (2016) has shown that there are 70 percent
less safety incidents occurred in companies which have highly engaged employees. These
employees did not focus on worrying what their employer’s views are about them, instead,