Employee Engagement to Reduce Absenteeism in Firms

Essay

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Employee engagement initiatives are very crucial as well as critical for a firm as it can help
a company to gain an upper hand in the market and thus each and every firm uses it in some or
the other form so that it can help in the overall growth and development of the company
(Karatepe and Olugbade, 2016). In this essay there is a detailed overview of the topic which is
related with the firms that are increasing the use of various employee engagement works so that
they can reduce the absenteeism that is current scenario of the company.
MAIN BODY
Worker absence is a word which defines whenever company workers are unavailable for a
variety of causes, both scheduled and unexpected. Yearly leaves, compensated days off,
holidays, employee training lapses, and scheduled health procedures are all examples of
scheduled absenteeism. Emergency and short-term leaves due to pressure, sickness, accident, or
family concerns are examples of unexpected unavailability. Most of our life takes place in our
work where we realize ourselves as professionals and develop our potential. So that’s mean
almost everyone has a desire to improve, to rise in the hierarchy or just to participate in
additional training (Flammer and Luo, 2017). Globally only 13% of employers feel engaged in
the workplace and its means that the remaining 87% of employees are not engaged. It seems that
there is a serious problem in this area. Employee engagement is a concern today for many
employers in various companies from the smallest to the most successful worldwide. Three
quarters of people who leave work do because of their not good relationship with the manager.
The relationship between manager and employee is the most important for the engagement and
can be improved by: mentoring by the manager, regular feedback by the manager or proving
opportunities for development. This is the first factor for employee motivation. The second
factor is the individual characteristics of the employees; third factor is the collective relationship
and fourth is the payment of employees. The employee engagement programs will positively
affect these motivation factors. The main positive aspects of the employee engagement program
is that when employers are engaged good business results and customer service can be achieved
so that it can results can add to the value of the firm in the long run. Also high engagement and
stimulating work environment are the main prerequisites for achieving successful business
development in the current market scenario. Additionally to what extent employees are engaged