Enhancing Employee Engagement (eBook)

An Evidence-Based Approach

J. Lee Whittington, Simone Meskelis, Enoch Asare, Sri Beldona (Autoren)

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2017
141 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319547329 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides an evidence-based approach to understanding declining levels of employee engagement, offering a set of practices that individuals and organizations can adopt in order to improve productivity and organizational performance. It introduces a model outlining how the experience of meaningful work impacts engagement and other organizational attitudes and behaviors. It recognizes the antecedents and consequences of such behavior, recognizing that they must be considered as components of an organizational system rather than in isolation. It will be useful for scholars and practitioners in identifying and remedying the endemic trend of disconnected workers and their negative impact on organizational goals.

Autor

J. Lee Whittington is Professor of Management at the University of Dallas, USA. He is the author of Biblical Perspectives on Leadership and Organizations and co-author of Leading the Sustainable Organization with Tim Galpin and Greg Bell. Simone Meskelis is a Doctoral Student in the Business Administration Program at the University of Dallas, USA. Prior to starting the DBA Program she worked as an Associate Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil.  Enoch Asare is a Doctoral Student in the Business Administration Program at the University of Dallas, USA. He is also the Senior Reporting Specialist in Luminant Power, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings.  Sri Beldona is Professor of Management at the University of Dallas, USA. His research papers have appeared in various international journals and he is also a regular participant in numerous international conferences. 

Inhalt

Enhancing Employee Engagement 3
Preface 5
Contents 10
List of Figures 12
List of Tables 14
1 Employee Engagement – Why It Matters 16
Defining Engagement 17
References 21
2 A Comprehensive, Integrative Model of Employee Engagement 23
Meaningfulness 27
A Brief Note on Our Research Method 29
References 30
3 The Meaningfulness–Engagement Connection 33
The Meaningfulness–Engagement Connection 36
Beyond Engagement 38
References 42
4 Creating Meaning at Work through Transformational Leadership 45
Transformational Leadership 48
References 54
5 Creating Meaning in Work through Job Enrichment 56
References 64
6 Bringing Meaning to Work through an Integrated Faith 65
Meaningfulness 66
Integrated Faith as an Antecedent to Meaningfulness 67
Results 70
Integrated Faith of Non-Christians 72
Bringing Meaning to Work 74
References 75
7 Enhancing Engagement through the Human Resource Value Chain 78
The Human Resource Value Chain 79
Job Analysis and HR Planning 79
Human Resource Planning 81
Organizational Entry 81
Recruitment 81
Selection 82
The Role of Realistic Job Previews 82
Orientation 83
Socialization 83
Continuous Development and Reinforcement 83
Compensation Systems and Their Consequences 84
Employee Development 84
Career Management 84
Employee Separation 85
Evaluating the HRVC–Engagement Relationship 86
The Moderating Impact of Managerial Behavior 87
References 90
8 Enhancing Engagement Through Effective Performance Management 92
Performance Management 92
Performance Planning 93
Implementation 94
Performance Evaluation 95
Evaluating the Performance Management–Engagement Relationship 96
The Moderating Influence of CR 98
References 100
9 Engagement Across Cultures 102
Cultural Differences between Brazil and the United States 102
References 111
10 The Road to Engagement 113
References 118
Appendix A: Description of the Study and Profile of Participants 119
Method 119
Participants United States Samples 119
Brazilian Participants’ Samples 120
Results 121
Measures 121
Appendix B: Testing the Full Model Using Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) 138
Index 147

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2017
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 141 p. 21 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Human Resources • IO psychology • Leadership • Management • Organizational Behavior • Strategy • sustainability
• ISBN-13: 9783319547329 / 9783319547329