First Name:
Ashley
Last Name:
Hurd
Major Department:
General Management
Thesis Director:
Jaqui Bergman
Date of Thesis:
May 2014
Employee engagement is a relatively new term in today's academic business literature. The original concept of employee engagement proposed that individuals have the decision to leverage or not leverage their personal selves in the work roles that they perform. Although employee engagement is a concept that has been discussed at great length in the current literature, there remains confusion and a lack of clarity on the true meaning of the concept and how it can be practically applied and assessed in the workplace. This study assessed the current literature on employee engagement and attempted to provide a clear, literature-based definition of employee engagement while also considering the importance of outcomes from engagement, the concept of disengagement, and the role that culture plays in creating an engaged work environment.
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