Jamie A. Gruman | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

This Advanced Introduction provides a cutting edge review of employee engagement, illustrating the theories and key instruments for research that underpin the field and its antecedents and consequences. It translates the science into practice by offering recommendations on how to build an engaged workforce and how to socialize and engage newcomers.



Key features include:






A state-of-the-art review of the field, including an overview of potential methodologies for measuring employee engagement


Informed and insightful discussions of different engagement targets and referents and strategic employee engagement


A keen awareness of international variations in employee engagement.


 
This book offers a critical research agenda for researchers in business and management hoping to develop their research in organizational settings. It will also benefit managers and other practitioners in overcoming common problems and developing an engaged workforce.