Arbeitspapier
Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?
I examine the history of employee engagement and how it has been characterised by thinkers in sociology, psychology, management and economics. I suggest that, while employers may choose to invest in employee engagement, there are alternative management strategies that may be profit-maximising. I identify four elements of employee engagement – job 'flow', autonomous working, involvement in decision-making at workplace or firm level, and financial participation – and present empirical evidence on their incidence and employee perceptions of engagement, drawing primarily from evidence in Britain. I consider the evidence regarding the existence of mutual gains and present new evidence on the issue. I find a non-linear relationship between human resource management (HRM) intensity and various employee job attitudes. I also find the intensity of HRM use and employee engagement are independently associated with improvements in workplace performance. I consider the implications of the findings for policy and employment practice in the future.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11112
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Firm Organization and Market Structure
Organization of Production
Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
Personnel Economics: Labor Management
- Thema
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employee engagement
productivity
performance
human resource management
worker wellbeing
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bryson, Alex
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bryson, Alex
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
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