Employee Engagement in Karachi's Pharma Companies
Employee Engagement in Karachi’s Pharmaceutical Industry
Abstract
Employee engagement is today’s buzz word. It is not much practiced in Pakistani organizations especially in
Pharma industry. Earlier researches and literature reviewed indicates that there are three types of employee engagement: Engaged- employees who work with passion and feel happy, Not Engaged- employees who are just passing their time, Disengaged-employees who are unhappy and undermine work.
This study highlights the level of employee engagement and tries to explore ‘how engaged are Pharma employees’ i.e. how they feel about their work! A survey of 300 employees of local and multinational pharmaceuticals was conducted. Gallup engagement questionnaire Q12 was used to assess the level of engagement. The study shows that only 20% employees i.e. less than one fourth of the employees are engaged,
22% not engaged and 58% i.e. more than half of the employees are disengaged.
Keywords
Employee engagement, meaningful work, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, human resource development Introduction
Employee engagement is today’s HR buzz word. Recent study by Gallup indicated that Singaporean employers loose $30 billion dollars every year. Employee engagement is about involving of employee in the job with his/her heart and soul. It is about the ‘passion for work’. The extent to which employees commit to something or someone in the organization, and how long they stay as a result of that commitment. According to (Corporate
Executive Board, 2004) engagement is the state in which individuals are emotionally and intellectually committed to the organization as measured by three primary behaviors: Say, Stay and Strive. (Richard S.
Wellins, 2004) defines engagement as the extent to which people enjoy and believe in what they do and feel valued for doing it. This definition gives us three dimensions to take a closer look at; enjoyment, belief and value. In straight forward words,
Abstract
Employee engagement is today’s buzz word. It is not much practiced in Pakistani organizations especially in
Pharma industry. Earlier researches and literature reviewed indicates that there are three types of employee engagement: Engaged- employees who work with passion and feel happy, Not Engaged- employees who are just passing their time, Disengaged-employees who are unhappy and undermine work.
This study highlights the level of employee engagement and tries to explore ‘how engaged are Pharma employees’ i.e. how they feel about their work! A survey of 300 employees of local and multinational pharmaceuticals was conducted. Gallup engagement questionnaire Q12 was used to assess the level of engagement. The study shows that only 20% employees i.e. less than one fourth of the employees are engaged,
22% not engaged and 58% i.e. more than half of the employees are disengaged.
Keywords
Employee engagement, meaningful work, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, human resource development Introduction
Employee engagement is today’s HR buzz word. Recent study by Gallup indicated that Singaporean employers loose $30 billion dollars every year. Employee engagement is about involving of employee in the job with his/her heart and soul. It is about the ‘passion for work’. The extent to which employees commit to something or someone in the organization, and how long they stay as a result of that commitment. According to (Corporate
Executive Board, 2004) engagement is the state in which individuals are emotionally and intellectually committed to the organization as measured by three primary behaviors: Say, Stay and Strive. (Richard S.
Wellins, 2004) defines engagement as the extent to which people enjoy and believe in what they do and feel valued for doing it. This definition gives us three dimensions to take a closer look at; enjoyment, belief and value. In straight forward words,
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