Employee
Engagement & Facebook
Organizations
are gradually using social media as a new way to reach customers more
effectively, and to spread news of their activities more rapidly (Diercksen et
al. ,2007 cited in Daniel, Isaac and Janet, 2017). The rapidity in the rise of
social media is changing how organizations operate and handle their
communication as Facebook can be considered as a fantastic resource to the
working place and Research has shown that employees who use social media are
nine percent more productive in the workplace (Daniel, Isaac and Janet, 2017).
Social networks allow people to build up the relationship in society (Bridge Consulting,
2009) help employees to think outside the box which enables to increase employee
engagement, foster employee ideas, and innovation enhance customer
relationships and employee productivity, and enhance customer relationships
(Flynn, 2011) Social media not only help employees to become more productive as
they also allow employees to stay current with market trends and issues which
are important to consumers as well as the general public (Daniel, Isaac and
Janet, 2017).
Global trend in Employee engagement
context
According
to the global survey conducted by ORC international in 2014, Employee
engagement index is increasing gradually in the last years.
Figure 04: Global trend in Employee engagement context in index
This improvement has been mirrored in all countries except Switzerland and Singapore Netherland, Sweden, and Austria (ORC international survey, 2014).
Employee
Engagement in Global Companies
The concept of employee engagement is identified by the founders
- Google (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) as the foundation to make Google a great
place to work through valuing their employees. Google keeps people inspired by
providing them the freedom to manage their work in a flexible way to allow
employees to work from home when needed, adopt flex schedules, and increase the
amount of personal time employees get each year or allow employees to take
their personal time in hours not days. Google ensures employees are given the
most inspirational, Flexible unique work
environments to think out of the box & generate
new ideas to succeed Google’s goals (Culture
Summit.com, 2019).
Figure 05: Google Office Environment
Source:
Andrea Loubier, 2017
Conclusion
The
concept of employee engagement that evolved in the recent era is a positive
attitude held by the employees towards the organization and its values. Engaged employees lead to
individual performance, increased productivity, retention, customer loyalty and
profitability ultimately to the organizational performance. Engaged leadership
plays a main role in employee engagement as it is
impossible to have engaged people in organizations where there is no engaged
leadership. At the same time, it is very important to have an appropriate
organizational culture & job design in order to successful employee
engagement. Employee engagement should be a continuous process of
learning, improvement, measurement, and action as it has been proven throughout this article that employee
engagement is a main aspect of Enhancing
organizational performance through individual productivity.
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Isaac, E. and Janet, A. (2017). Influence of Facebook usage on employee
productivity: A case of university of cape coast staff. African Journal of Business Management,
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I do not agree with the example that you have given in the content as google allow their employees to work from home and that creates positive employee engagement, because if they work at home employee may feel isolated and miss the social interaction from their colleagues at work, may be unable to work effectively because of distraction in the home environment. therefore positive employee engagement cannot be seen in the teleworking.
ReplyDeleteHi Chamari, Thanks for your concern. As you mentioned in your comment, employees can be isolated when they work at home. But organization can avoid that kind of situations by providing relevant equipment to interact with the team easily. Eg.Cisco Webex. As you said, yes there is possibility of being disturbed when employee work at home. But here the employees able to balance their work life & personal life well. They can attend on their urgent family commitments & it will make them happy & reduce the stress level through a relax mind & satisfied mind. This stress-free mind help employees to complete their task effectively & generate new ideas to organization.
DeleteFurther, Lloyd Morgan (2004) found that numerous cultural traits are critical for increasing engagement levels, particularly having a culture of innovation, having good internal communication and having a reputation of integrity.
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ReplyDeleteHi sithari, Not only google increasing employee engagement via giving them access to work at home but also google provide free organic food everyday, free health and dental facility, Gym and fitness facility, free haircut and nap pods (CBS News,2013).Organizations such as google believes educating employee will lead to engage thus google keen to provide free classes and lectures to employee will increase continues learning habit as you mentioned.
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DeleteFurther, organizations considered an ‘employer of choice’ are more likely to have higher levels of employee engagement as they create workplace environments in which employees feel respected and valued, and the connection they feel with the organization is such that they are willing to exert discretionary effort in the pursuit of its success (Leary‐Joyce, 2004).
DeleteI agree with above comments. In addition to that, Google keep employees inspiring through 20% time. Employees spend up to 20% of their time at work every week on projects that inspire them (Mike, 2019). With their 20% time, Google employees created Gmail, Google News, AdSense, and many other highly profitable products. This prevents burnout, increasing engagement and decreasing turnover (Mike, 2019).
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DeleteFurther, today the technology, people, and the overall work environment have moved on, meaning that today’s organizations need to be flexible (Johnson, 2004)
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ReplyDeleteThe greater the engagement of a worker, the higher the chance that he or she will "go the extra mile" and deliver excellent performance on the job. However, employees who are engaged may be more likely to commit to sticking to their current organization.For example, software giant Intuit, found that highly engaged employees are 1.3 times more likely than less engaged employees to be high performers. They are also five times less likely to leave the company on a voluntary basis(Vance,2006).
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DeleteAs well as the researchers also proved the same. BlessingWhite (2008) reports that 85 per cent of engaged employees plan on sticking around compared to 27 per cent of disengaged employees.
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ReplyDeleteHi Sithari agree with you comments, furthermore During 2009, brand alignment and recognition were also top global forces in Employee Engagement, with compensation and performance management being substituted by human / HR strategies and corporate prestige in 2010 (Bedarkar & Pandita, 2014).
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ReplyDeleteGoogle take care of the families of the employees even by providing sports facilities & special facilities to the spouses of the employees. (Robinson Resource Group 2013)
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ReplyDeleteAccording to Schaufeli et al. (2002), engagement is a “positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigour, dedication, and absorption”. Also, this was renamed as work engagement. Through the Social Exchange Theory (SET).
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