Employee engagement : a human resource management perspective / Cam Caldwell and Verl Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldwell, Cam, author.

Anderson, Verl A. (Verl Allen), author.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in management.

Employee motivation.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"Leaders continue to struggle to earn the followership of others - a challenge they have faced for millennia. According to extensive research, the key to effective leadership lies in demonstrating the ability to achieve a worthy purpose while simultaneously helping employees to improve themselves. Lacking the capacity to demonstrate those two abilities, leaders consistently fail to engage, empower, and enable employees to contribute to their companies' success. This book addresses the importance of employee engagement - the degree to which employees feel connected to their organizations, dedicated to its purposes, and able to utilize their talents to help organizations succeed. The alarming findings of leadership research confirm that more employees currently feel negatively engaged than fully positively engaged in their relationships with leaders, managers, and supervisors. In addition to identifying the nature of engagement, we have explained why those who lead organizations are so often ineffective - and we offer suggestions throughout this book to help leaders, managers, supervisors, and those who work in Human Resource Management to create organizational relationships that build employee trust, commitment, and ownership. Readers of this book will find well-documented information incorporating the findings of management experts, practitioners, and consultants - but also new ideas that we have refined from our past research about human relationships and leadership effectiveness. Trust has often been called the most important ingredient in successful relationships. Ethics and leadership have been described as two sides of the same coin. Employee commitment is acknowledged to be the key to competitive advantage. Each of these factors is closely related to employee engagement and each enables leaders to develop relationships that build more effective organizations. Although there are no instant answers or magic wand solutions to restoring the lack of trust that enormous numbers of individuals have in organizations, leaders, and managers, we confidently proclaim to those who read this book that the information, recommendations, and observations contained herein are worthy of your close attention - and your application"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Employee Engagement - Why It Matters

Understanding Employee Engagement

Why Engagement Matters

Summary of Remaining Chapters

Chapter 2 - Employee Engagement and the Leader

Chapter 3 - Breaking All the Rules - Employee Engagement for the 21st Century

Chapter 4 - Employee Engagement is a Choice-Keys to Creating Trust and Commitment

Chapter 5 - Engagement and Generation Z-Culture Requirements for the Future

Chapter 6 - Enggement, Empowerment, and Employee Trust

Chapter 7 - Employee Engagement-A Transformative Approach

Chapter 8 - Human Resource Management and Employee Engagement

Conclusion

Chapter 2

Employee Engagement and Leaders' Duties

Stakeholders and Employee Engagement

Top Management Team

Society-at-Large

Individual Supervisors

Individual Employees

The Employee Group

The Leaders' Responsibilities

Contributions of the Chapter

Chapter 3

Breaking All the Rules - Employee Engagement for the 21st Century

Current Trends

Breaking All the Rules as a Strategy

The Challenge

Chapter 4

Employee Engagement Is a Choice - Keys to Creating Trust and Commitment

Insights about Engagement

Creating a Culture of Engagement

Chapter 5

Engagement and Generation Z - Culture Requirements for the Future

Understanding Generation Z

The Role of Culture and Engagement

Cultural Practices for Gen Zers

Chapter 6

Engagement, Empowerment, and Employee Trust

The Nature of Engagement

Zone of Reluctance

Zone of Indifference

Zone of Acceptance

Zone of Trust

Zone of Commitment

Zone of Stewardship

Engagement and Empowerment

Why High Trust Matters

Chapter 7

Employee Engagement - A Transformative Approach.

Why Employees Are Disengaged

Transformative Leadership as a New Approach

Transformational Leadership

Servant Leadership

Level 5 Leadership

Principle-Centered Leadership

Covenantal Leadership

Charismatic Leadership

A Challenge to Readers

Chapter 8

Human Resource Management and Employee Engagement

Why Today's Organizations Struggle

Addressing These Deficiencies

References

About the Authors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781536197358

1-5361-9735-1

OCLC:

1255223288