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** Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science,
Sholinganallur, Tamilnadu 600-119. The Co-Author can be reached at laya.meera09@gmail.com
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INTRODUCTION:
REVIEW OF LITERATURE:
Topic: story telling (A new tool for Employee Engagement) HRM-Review, December 2009.
Storytelling is a very powerful tool for business leaders to get across their business
messages and engage their employees deeply. Of late, business leaders seem to have discovered
the virtues of storytelling and its power to engage employees. This article details why a company
uses storytelling, the process involved in storytelling, and the vehicles of communication
available in company to tell stories, so much so that employees engagement can be realized.
Business leaders and executives can make use of their strong emotive power to tell
the story to those who really matter-the employees. Stories can give life to the business messages
the leaders want to convey and engage them deeply in every conceivable manner. Stories allow
leaders to convey messages in an effective, engaging and compelling fashion. Stories can
motivate, elevate, inspire, challenge, spur, exhilarate, excite, and mold the employees.
Storytelling also helps to demonstrate a few exemplary leadership practices, such as sharing an
exhilarating vision, providing the appropriate settings, space and relevance and engaging the
heart, mind and soul of the employees and help the company realize its avowed goals.
Employee engagement towards retention - Insight from the real world, HRM review
March 2009
This article says a bird’s eye view of the motivation practices followed by
industries in various sector. An enthusiastic team will be better equipped to succeed while
lackluster employees will drag the company down with them. a 2005 Gallup organization survey
found that 24% of Japan’s workers are “actively disengaged” at work- vocalizing and acting out
their job- and that their lowered motivation accounts for an amazing estimated $232 bn in lost
productivity per year for Japan. In the US, the 14% are actively disengaged and in Singapore, it
was 12% who cost $6 bn.
A recent report says that failing to retain one’s best people can cause a company to
lose up to 40% of its profit. An individual is in a great place to work if he trusts the people he
works for, takes pride in the work he does and enjoy the company of the people he works with.
So, trust, pride, personal safeties are the corner stone’s.
Employee engagement and manager self-efficacy: - Fred Luthans, Suzanne J. Peterson,
(2002), Journal of Management Development, Vol. 21 Iss: 5, pp.376 – 387
Although technology still dominates, human resources and how they are
managed is receiving increased attention in the analysis of gaining competitive advantage. Yet,
many complex questions remain. This study first examines the theoretical understanding of
employee engagement. Then an empirical investigation is made of the role that a wide variety of
managers’ (n = 170) psychological state of self-efficacy plays in the relationship between their
employees’ (average of about 16 per manager) measured engagement and a multiple measure
(self, subordinates and peers) of the managers’ effectiveness. Results of the statistical analysis
indicate that the manager’s self-efficacy is a partial mediator of the relationship between his or
her employees’ engagement and the manager’s rated effectiveness. Overall, these findings
suggest that both employee engagement and manager self-efficacy are important antecedents that
together may more positively influence manager effectiveness than either predictor by itself.
Implications for effective management development and practice are discussed.
Employee engagement (A mantra for HR Managers) HRM-Review, August 2009
An organization’s productivity is not only measured in terms of profit, new products,
customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction, but also in terms of employee engagement.
Employees are said to be engaged, when there is a positive attitude towards the work and also a
high degree of commitment. This article focuses on the challenges faced by the human resource
(HR) managers to improve employee engagement for an organization’s survival. It is also throws
light on other aspects of employee engagement like the benefits, key indicators and the factors
influencing employee engagement.
Topic: Employee engagement, The Human Factor, July 16-August 15, 2010
HR professionals have always known that an engaged workforce is good for the
organization. The human factor, with inputs from practicing managers and industry leaders,
reviews the engagement landscape and the factors that contribute towards successful employee
engagement initiatives.
Dr. Wilfried Aulbur, MD and CEO, Mercedes-BENZ India Pvt. Ltd.
For me, Employee engagement is about, knowing that you are making a
difference, creating an impact, while having a good time at your job, much time to work, enjoy
what you do.
Dr. Mukesh Batra, CEO& Founder, Dr. Batra’s Positive Health Clinic Pvt. Ltd.
To keep the medical team motivated to perform, our pay packages are fixed at a rate
higher than the industry standard, and for those working outside the city, there is always the
motivation of a good accommodation.
Kishor Patil, CEO & MD, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd.
Employee engagement at KPIT Cummins is about participation of employees and
their ability to become intrapreneurs.
Ajai Chowdhry, Founder, HCL, and Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystem Ltd.
Employees’ engagement is the most critical part in the running of an organization and
we undertake many initiatives to enable that. We find out what employees think about
engagement and based on that feedback, we analyze each input received and take action.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:
This study is basically analytical in manner i.e. in this paper the use of facts or
informations already available, and analyzes these to make critical evaluations of the material.
The sampling technique is non-probability (convenience) sampling which includes study objects,
which are conveniently located, willing to operate in offering the necessary data, and in the
process one would derive the advantage of economy in cost/time. Out of 214 employees 118
were selected on the basis of the convenience and the structure questionnaire has been used to
collect the data. Chi-square test has been conducted to find out the significance relationship
between the variables.
O = Observed frequency
E = Expected frequency
Expected frequency of any cell = (Row total of any cell) X (Column total of any cell)
CONCLUSION:
All the employees should value their potential input should be recognized. Employee
should know that their inputs matter a lot and are helping the organization in a meaningful way.
The competition for talent means that we have to be very good at attracting, motivating, and
retaining talent. Today employees feel in they are placed at jobs that break the monotony and
make them enjoy their stay in an organization. Benefits provided by the organization and thus are
engaged and committed towards the development and growth of the organization. The
organization to large extent should provide all the personal services to the employees and
motivate them to a possible extent, so that the employees put in their best performance.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Archie Thomas, CMA, and Ann MacDi anmid, “Encouraging Employee Engagement”,
CMA Management, Jun/Jul 2004.
2. Fred Luthans, Suzanne J. Peterson “Employee engagement and manager self-efficacy”
(2002), Journal of Management Development, Vol. 21 Iss: 5, pp.376 – 387
3. Gretcher Hoover, “Maintaining Employee Engagement when communicating difficult
issues”, Communication World, Nov / Dec 2005.
4. Jteresko, “Driving employee engagement”, www.industryweek.com, Sep 2004.
5. Steve Batts, “Getting engaged”, HR Magazine society for Human Resource Management,
Feb 2004
6. “Employee Engagement”, The Human Factor, Jul 16-Aug 15, 2010
7. “Employee Engagement: A mantra for HR Managers”, HRM Review, Aug 2009
8. “Employee Engagement towards retention - Insight from the real world”, HRM Review,
Mar 2009
9. “Story Telling: A new tool for Employee Engagement”, HRM Review, Dec 2009.
10. http://retention.naukrihub.com/employee-engagement-drivers.html
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