Volume : 4, Issue : 12, December - 2015

A Study on Employee Engagement level & various Employee Engagement practices carried out by Textile Houses at Surat

Mr. Mehul Mehta

Abstract :

<p>A Skilled &amp; Competent employee can enhance the competitiveness of an organization, but if this employees are not committed or engaged either towards their work or organization than set of skills, knowledge is of no use. The purpose of this research paper is to identify the level of employee&rsquo;s engagement level in textile industry in Surat and also study what practices of employee engagement are carried out by organizations. Research is qualitative in nature. Descriptive research designed was used. Survey of 150 employees working at middle level management were carried out by using Structure Non Disguised questionnaires to elicit information from the respondents. It was found that employee engagement level was high in textile houses. Family get together &amp; Employee of the year were observed as common employee engagement practices carried out by firms. The main causes to employee engagement were fear of superior, lack of incentive schemes and Lack of Self Confidence (Self Efficacy). To overcome these causes company should design incentive schemes such as praise strong performer at the same time company should provide carrier development opportunity to employees and also assign mentor to them</p>