Abstract:
This study explores the impact of employee engagement on employee
performance. The business context of an apparel company was selected
in order to study the variables that determine engagement variability.
Subsequently, the study explored how engagement relates to employee
performance. The main study variables were employee engagement and
performance. Job characteristics, leadership, salary and benefits, and
recognition were selected as independent determinants of engagement.
Whereas, in assessing performance variability, employee engagement
served as the independent variable. The relationships between
independent and dependent variables were tested mainly through
correlation and regression analysis. Apart from the above, binary data
analysis, and narrative/content analysis (qualitative analysis) were
done to draw a connection between the independent and dependent
variables. The overall research findings present that there is a positive
relationship between employee engagement and employee
performance. Moreover, the relationships between respective
determinants and employee engagement too are positive. Thereby, it is
concluded that the determinants are decisive factors of engagement,
and engagement has an impact on performance variability. Perhaps, it
is considerably useful to design mechanisms to improve employee engagement to have desirable effects in enhancing employee
performance.
