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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.I(IX)/82-88/12
AUTHOR: Nishtha
TITLE : INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT FOR GBP, INDIA
Abstract: Employee engagement is the level of commitment and involvement that an employee has towards his/her organization and its values. It is an assessable degree of an employee’s emotional attachment either positive or negative to their job, colleagues and organization which intensely influences their readiness to learn & perform at work. Employee engagement has a direct influence on the employee’s productivity. The most productive employees are those that are not only committed and loyal, but also those whose yields healthy and gratifying both for themselves as well as for the organization they work for. The paper aims at finding theinfluence of demographic variables on employee engagement across construction organization i.e. GBP. The boundaries for the data search area are restricted to the employees or staff of GBP. In this study, the perception and the attitude of the staff of GBP in relation to employee engagement is sought. It was found that the degree of employee engagement was significantly high in the organization and there is no significant difference of employee engagement on the basis of demographic variables. The main causes for a higher engagement in the organization were found to be as – the impression that the firm cares for and values the employees, free and frank communication with immediate supervisor, recognition of one’s contributions towards the organizational goals, and freedom to participate in the decision making process.
Keywords : Employee engagement, construction industry, Employee commitment, Organizational citizenship behaviour, Job satisfaction