Impact of Employee Engagement on Career Development A Study in Manufacturing Industries

Abstract

newline Employee engagement is important today because it contributes in the achievement of newlineorganizational objectives. Employee engagement is the result when employees are treated well newlineand rewarded. Opportunity for development, advancement and participation also help employees newlinebecome engaged. The study explores meaningful relationship between employee engagement newlineand one of the important developmental measure career development. Career development newlineemphasizes holding a sequence of positions during a career by an individual. They can be newlinepursued internally with the same employer or externally among various employers. This research newlineis specifically undertaken in context of the manufacturing organizations. newlineDuring the last several years, many studies have been carried out on employee engagement in newlineIndia by academicians. The studies have so far covered many factors of engagement leaving newlineaside the process outcomes like career development. Therefore, the need for the present study is newlineto explore linkages of employee engagement to career development. newlineThe coverage of the study includes studying nature of employee engagement and career newlinedevelopment and relationship between the two, including the causal relationship. Some newlinedemographic variables like experience, age, qualification, gender and income effects on the newlinerelationship have been studied. One of the basic objectives is to explore predictive capacity of newlineindependent variables for future actions in this field. The objectives of the research are as newlinefollows; newlinea. To measure the relationship between employee engagement and career newlinedevelopment. newlinev newlineb. To find evidence about the predictive effect of employee engagement on career newlinedevelopment. newlinec. To assess if demographic variables such as age, experience, income, qualification and newlinegender act as a moderator on the relationship between employee engagement and newlinecareer development. newlined. To determine the effect of age, experience, income, qualification and gender on employee engagement predictor.