Abstract

Private companies in India still facing low employee engagement problem. As per Gallup worldwide employee engagement is at unexpectedly low 13%. An organization needs to be come up with innovative policies to address this issue. In the modern competitive world, it's crucial for organizations to focus on their manpower and understand what are the factors which drive employee engagement. This study attempts to understand the major job and organizational related factors which affects employee engagement in the private sector of India. Independent variables included in this study are Job characteristics, organizational support, work-life balance, role benefits and innovation at the workplace. Depended variable for this study is employee engagement. Initially, it was assumed that there is a positive relationship between all independent variables and dependent variable. Survey data collected from private companies and the number of respondents was 141 with a 68% response rate. The result of the study has shown all independent variables excluding job characteristics are significant for employee engagement. The study also suggests that organization need to come up with innovative practices and policies to minimize disengaged employees and need to convert moderately engaged employees to improve the productivity of the organization, decrease incurred costs and increase profits.