Employee Engagement : Criticism

By Peter Crush - Two of the most prestigious models for measuring engagement have been singled out for harsh criticism. Is it justified and what are the alternatives? Peter Crush talks to the main players Viewed 688 Times )

By na - BusinessWeek published a piece titled: Employee Engagement: Enough! The recession is no time to worry about employee engagement. Pro or Con? Company engagement programs treat the symptom not the disease.The real disease is poor management and that's you, Bucky.Employees don't need programs and engagement strategies. They need managers with vision, an understanding that employees want and need to work to the best of their abilities. Employees need managers working together toward a shared strategy for the company, not managers that worry about building individual silos. Employees don't need to be engaged managers need to be improved. Employee engagement is about having a well-run enterprise based on consistently applied values. Do that, and engagement follows. Viewed 693 Times )

By Gemma Robertson-Smith and Carl Markwick - I've included this study in the criticism section because of the final section, but it's a great read on employee engagement without most of the hype and BS Viewed 796 Times )

By Peter Crush - wo of the most prestigious models for measuring engagement have been singled out for harsh criticism. Is it justified and what are the alternatives? Peter Crush talks to the main players. Viewed 608 Times )

By Beverly and Philip Little - The authors of this article explore the construct of employee engagement, which has received considerable press recently in management literature and practice. Our research explores questions concerning how the construct employee engagement is defined and how it compares and contrasts with other existing, well-validated constructs. We discuss positives and negatives of employee engagement research and the application of the construct to organizational outcomes. Many organizations now measure their employees level of engagement and to attempt to increase those levels of engagement because they believe that doing so will improve productivity, profitability, turnover and safety. We encourage users of the construct to continue research on employee engagement in order for both academics and practitioners to better understand what they are measuring and predicting. Viewed 671 Times )

By Matthew Boyle - Not really a criticism here, but a sense that we need to look at healthy engagement: Gebauer said her firm is starting to explore the concept of healthy engagement, where employees give their all while employers focus on their overall well-being, as opposed to unhealthy engagement, where employees risk burnout. The consultancy is even developing an index to measure this phenomenon across its client base, which I've dubbed the Misery Meter, although I'm sure Towers Perrin will come up with a more marketable moniker. Viewed 574 Times )