Status of employee engagement in India: A time for reflection

Pages: 316-324
Akancha Srivastava (Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
K. Ramachandran and A. Suresh (Defence Institute of Psychological Research R & D Organization, Ministry of Defence, Timarpur, Delhi)

Owing to its positive impact, employee engagement has been widely studied across different countries. Survey reports and researches have shown that level of engagement are increasing universally but shifting across regions. Within countries employee engagement is heavily influenced by the organizational culture and the demographics of the work force. In an attempt to find out the status of employee engagement in India, this paper endeavors to find out the type of work which is being carried in India in the field of engagement. The article presents reflective viewpoints of some of the definitions of employee engagement, thereby exploring the empirical and conceptual work on employee engagement. With the help of annual reports, of Nifty 50 we explored the Indian companies where employee engagement is being practiced as business strategy. Subsequently, we studied the sectors with in which employee engagement is being practiced.