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Employee Engagement:A Critical Review of Literature


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1 Assam Science and Technology University, Assam, India
2 Assam Institute of Management, Assam, India
     

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Though employee engagement has emerged as a major construct, there is substantial amount of ambiguity regarding its conceptualization and measures. This paper makes an attempt to critically review the existing literature around the construct and identify research gaps in the field for systematic empirical investigation in order to substantiate future studies. Review of literature was done in order to examine the gaps in the current literature. Four major gaps were identified through the review. Also, a conceptual framework has been developed which incorporates the identified gaps in research to conduct future empirical studies.

Keywords

Employee Engagement, Literature Review, Research Gaps.
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Authors

Nandini Borah
Assam Science and Technology University, Assam, India
Mukulesh Barua
Assam Institute of Management, Assam, India

Abstract


Though employee engagement has emerged as a major construct, there is substantial amount of ambiguity regarding its conceptualization and measures. This paper makes an attempt to critically review the existing literature around the construct and identify research gaps in the field for systematic empirical investigation in order to substantiate future studies. Review of literature was done in order to examine the gaps in the current literature. Four major gaps were identified through the review. Also, a conceptual framework has been developed which incorporates the identified gaps in research to conduct future empirical studies.

Keywords


Employee Engagement, Literature Review, Research Gaps.

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