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Integrative Literature Review: Four Emerging Perspectives of Employee Engagement: An Integrative Literature Review

Integrative Literature Review: Four Emerging Perspectives of Employee Engagement: An Integrative... The concept of employee engagement has garnered attention in both practitioner and academic communities and several approaches for understanding engagement have developed. Whereas many authors have taken their own approach to understanding employee engagement, others have offered reinterpretations of the concept wrapped in well-researched and documented organizational variables. Fortunately, distinct streams of literature have emerged but are widely disparate, surfacing intermittently in the fields of psychology, sociology, management, human resource development (HRD), human resource management, and health care. This lack of continuity is a significant hurdle for HRD professionals being called on to develop innovative solutions to the absence of engagement inside organizations. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesize the current state of scholarly research on employee engagement. As a result, four major approaches emerged, defining the existing state of employee engagement in the academic community. Each approach is explored and interpretations offered. Implications and questions for HRD bring this article to a close. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Resource Development Review SAGE

Integrative Literature Review: Four Emerging Perspectives of Employee Engagement: An Integrative Literature Review

Human Resource Development Review , Volume 10 (3): 25 – Sep 1, 2011

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2011
ISSN
1534-4843
eISSN
1552-6712
DOI
10.1177/1534484311410840
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Abstract

The concept of employee engagement has garnered attention in both practitioner and academic communities and several approaches for understanding engagement have developed. Whereas many authors have taken their own approach to understanding employee engagement, others have offered reinterpretations of the concept wrapped in well-researched and documented organizational variables. Fortunately, distinct streams of literature have emerged but are widely disparate, surfacing intermittently in the fields of psychology, sociology, management, human resource development (HRD), human resource management, and health care. This lack of continuity is a significant hurdle for HRD professionals being called on to develop innovative solutions to the absence of engagement inside organizations. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesize the current state of scholarly research on employee engagement. As a result, four major approaches emerged, defining the existing state of employee engagement in the academic community. Each approach is explored and interpretations offered. Implications and questions for HRD bring this article to a close.

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Human Resource Development ReviewSAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2011

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