Role of Employee Engagement in Mental Health of Employees of Hospitality Sector

Page: 237-240
Arjun Sharma and Shalini Singh (Department of Psychology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana)

High work engagement is associated with the benefits of organization as well as their health and well-being. So, it has become considerably important for the employers as well as also for the organizational/industrial psychologist to emphasize on employee engagement and mental health. The purpose of this study was to look at the influence of employee engagement in the mental health of hospitality sector workers. A correlational design was used in current study to examine the role of employee engagement in mental health of employees of Hospitality sectors. The present study was conducted on 100 Hotel employees (Managerial & non-managerial) of both the gender with the age range of 20 to 60 years. Employee engagement was measured by employee engagement scale by Schaufeli and Bakker (2004) and Psychological Distress Manifestation Scale (PDMS) by Masse, Poulin, Dassa, Lambert, Belair, and Battaglini (1998) was used to assess metal health of employees at work place in present study.The correlational analysis show a significant negative correlation between dimension of employee engagement, e.g., Vigor, Dedication and Absorption and PDMS dimensions (e.g., irritability, anxiety/ depression, social disengagement & self-depreciation). At workplace disengaged workers may experience poor mental health. Findings of the study indicate that low level of employee engagement lead to, mental health complaints at workplace.