THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN AN APPAREL COMPANY

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.