Employee Engagement: A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature

Management

Employee Engagement is a topic in Human Resource Development (HRD) that has gained considerable attention in the recent years. Despite its importance in the industry, little has been done in terms of academic research in the subject area of Employee Engagement. Antecedents, consequences and correlations of Employee Engagement is still lacking in terms of research knowledge. This systematic literature review is a wakeup call for more empirical research to be done in the field. The review here focuses on four perspectives of employee engagement and concentrates on consequences and antecedents of employee engagement. The findings of this review will be useful as a guideline for future research in employee engagement and in HRD. This study reviews 30 empirical research papers on employee engagement.

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