THE CONCEPT OF JOB ENGAGEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Author Name: 1. Dipankar Patra 2. Dr. R Neelakandan 3. Dr. Suchismita Sinha
Volume/Issue: 02/08
Country: India
DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2022-55855323/UIJIR
Affiliation:
- Research Scholar, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu
- Professor Psychology Department, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu
- Professor Psychology,Department, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Kolkata, W.B
ABSTRACT
Job engagement has been one of the principal drivers of Indians in the IT sector and qualities of engaged employees have been discussed along with the role of an organization who promote highly engaged employees. This document outlines various facets of Job engagement including definitions, drivers, sub-concepts, models based on available literature. Job engagement has also been studied in relation to related concepts like Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Job involvement, Job burnout, Job performance and Job engagement. Various theories of job engagement have been discussed and Job engagement has also been studied with reference to Maslow’s Need theory. Special emphasis has been provided in the document to understand Kahn’s model and the measurement of Job involvement using the JES scale. Finally, although India has demonstrated capabilities in Job engagement both as an organized service sector, especially in the IT industry and as individual engaged employees, there is lot of scope of future research in this direction.
Key words: Job engagement, Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Job involvement, Job burnout
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