Defining employee engagement for productive research and practice
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-2008
Abstract
Both the applied and the academic literatures on employee engagement are unfortunately in a state of disarray. In two important areas of their otherwise admirable attempt to demarcate the construct space of employee engagement, Macey and Schneider (2008) may inadvertently have contributed to the muddle. The first is the manner in which Macey and Schneider conceptualize the psychological state of engagement, and the second is their use of term engagement as a rubric that encapsulates not only cognitive-affective but also dispositional and behavioral constructs. Clarifying these points will allow for a better definition of employee engagement. This in turn will provide a firmer basis for future research and practice in the area.
Discipline
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Methods
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
52
Last Page
55
ISSN
1754-9426
Identifier
10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00008.x
Publisher
Wiley: 12 months / Cambridge University Press (CUP): HSS Journals
Citation
DALAL, Reeshad S., BRUMMEL, Bradley J., WEE, Serena, , & THOMAS, Lisa L..(2008). Defining employee engagement for productive research and practice. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), 52-55.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2051
Additional URL
https://doi.org./10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00008.x