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Employee and Work Engagement: An Answer to The Problems of The Handloom Industry in India


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1 Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar (A Central University), India
2 Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar
3 Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, India
 

Handloom has been a vintage industry. Its ischolar_mains can be dated back to the early stages of human civilization. Over time thehandloom sectorhas endured various challenges and setbacks. Some of the major challenges faced have been due to the advancement of technological know-how and mechanizing of the production process. Lack of modernization, migration of workers to other fields have been some of the other problems faced by this industry. All these problems have left a huge impact on the workforce or employees engaged in this industry and hence the problems have become graver. On the other hand, employee engagement and work engagement, in particular, have been recognized to influence the work performance of the employees as well as the overall performance of the organization. With this paper, we will try and understand how work engagement and employee engagement can aid the handloom industry to tackle its problems.

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Employee Engagement, Work Engagement, Organizational Performance, Handloom Industry, Textile Industry.
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Authors

Surendra Kumar
Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar (A Central University), India
Sneha Maindola
Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar
Manoj Rawat
Research Scholar, Department of Business Management, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, India

Abstract


Handloom has been a vintage industry. Its ischolar_mains can be dated back to the early stages of human civilization. Over time thehandloom sectorhas endured various challenges and setbacks. Some of the major challenges faced have been due to the advancement of technological know-how and mechanizing of the production process. Lack of modernization, migration of workers to other fields have been some of the other problems faced by this industry. All these problems have left a huge impact on the workforce or employees engaged in this industry and hence the problems have become graver. On the other hand, employee engagement and work engagement, in particular, have been recognized to influence the work performance of the employees as well as the overall performance of the organization. With this paper, we will try and understand how work engagement and employee engagement can aid the handloom industry to tackle its problems.

Keywords


Employee Engagement, Work Engagement, Organizational Performance, Handloom Industry, Textile Industry.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2021%2Fv17%2Fi1%2F209026