Employee engagement – a pragmatic study with reference to pharmaceutical industry, Tamil Nadu Anand V. Vijay1,*, Banu C. Vijaya1, Rengarajan V.1, Sarayu R. S.2 1School of Management, SASTRA University, Thanajvur-613 401 2School of Management, SASTRA University, Thanajvur-613 401 *Corresponding Author E-mail: vijay@mba.sastra.edu
Online published on 22 September, 2017. Abstract Employee Engagement is an emerging topic being studied with differing conceptualizations and has become an important issue as employee turnover rises. The purpose of this paper is to find out the level of engagement among the employees of pharmaceutical companies in Cuddalore District. The prime objectives of the study are to find out the factors that are significant to create an engaged workforce. Here, the researchers have taken independent factors upon grouping up various factors of employee engagement and attempted to find the relationship between independent factors and demographic factors. Samples of 138 collected data have been analyzed through the statistical tools such as descriptive analysis, recognition, regression and chi-square test. The results reveal that the factors found that, job, superior; rewards and recognition, opportunities and communication influence the engagement of the employees in the private pharmaceutical industry more. Top Keywords Employee Engagement, Productivity, Engaged Workforce, Retention. Top |