Abstract
Business organizations have an important role of attracting and retaining the key talent of the industry in order to achieve the competitive edge. In recent times, employee engagement has attracted much of the attention of the industry leaders, HR experts and research experts. This conceptual paper tried to know the key factors and impact of employee engagement, knowing the importance of employee personality dimensions which support the higher level of employee engagement and key drivers of employee engagement. The paper also discussed the key theories of employee engagement. Every organization is coming out with innovative and practical strategies to ensure employees are engaged to the maximum levels. Many factors influence the employee engagement like the policies, work environment, supervisor support, career development, challenging roles and assignments, effective learning and development opportunities, skill enhancement programs, motivational elements, job involvement, leadership role, empowerment, being valued in the organization etc. Two-factor theory, self-determination theory and existence relatedness growth theory were the key employee engagement theories. Katz and khan’s model, Gallup Q12 model, David serota model etc were the key models of employee engagement.
Keywords: Employee engagement, factors, theory, , motivation.
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