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Employee engagement in contemporary organizations : maintaining high productivity and sustained competitiveness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Paul, 1959-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Personnel management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Case Studies
  • 1 Employee Engagement and the Employee Experience
  • Employee Engagement Is a Source of Strategic Advantage
  • Employee Engagement at a Time of Disruptive Innovation and Continuous Change
  • Employee Engagement and the Future of Work
  • Employee Engagement
  • an Unparalleled Challenge
  • an Unparalleled Opportunity
  • Sense Making of and Adapting to Complex Environmental Forces
  • Case Study: Employee Engagement in Practice
  • Wojciech Zytkowiak-Wenzel, PhD
  • Revolution in Work
  • Reevaluation of Employee Engagement
  • Employee Engagement-Waves of Evolution
  • Employee Engagement-Content and Context
  • The Structure of the Book
  • References
  • 2 What Is Employee Engagement?
  • The Practice and Theory of Employee Engagement
  • Definitions of Employee Engagement
  • Factors Influencing the Definition of Employee Engagement Over Time
  • Case Study: Employee Engagement in North America
  • Employee Engagement Is a Multi-faceted Construct
  • Employee Engagement Has Multiple Drivers or Antecedents
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Why Is Employee Engagement Important?
  • Advocacy, Efficiency, Performance-The Case for Employee Engagement
  • Employee Engagement Is a Predictor of Organisational Performance
  • The Strategic Business Benefits of Employee Engagement
  • Strategic Service Benefits of Employee Engagement
  • Operational and Managerial Benefits of Employee Engagement
  • Case Study: Employee Engagement in the Asia Region
  • Sultan Mahmud, General Manager-Human Resources, Eon Group of Industries
  • People Management Benefits of Employee Engagement
  • Evidence of Outcomes of Employee Engagement Across Business Sectors
  • Conclusion-The Case for Employee Engagement
  • References
  • 4 A Model for Employee Engagement
  • Employee Engagement-An Individual Construct in an Organisational Context
  • Synthesising Perspectives-A Model for Employee Engagement
  • The Psychology of Work
  • Case Study: Employee Engagement and Social Media
  • The Sociology of Work
  • The Organisation of Work
  • Engagement Driven Strategic HRM and HRD
  • Conclusion
  • Selected References
  • 5 The Psychology of Work and Employee Engagement
  • Employee Engagement-When Supply Push Outweighs Demand Pull
  • Engagement Is a Psychological State
  • The Key Elements of the Psychology of Work
  • Meaning at Work
  • Emotional Presence
  • No Fear or Blame
  • Positive Mutual Regard
  • Case Study: Employee Engagement in China
  • Dr Xiaoxian Zhu, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Teesside University
  • The Antecedents of the Psychology of Work
  • At the Level of the Organisation
  • At the Level of Leaders and Managers
  • At the Level of the Team or Network
  • At the Level of the Job or Role
  • At the Level of the Individual
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 The Sociology of Work and Employee Engagement