A study on factors influencing employee engagement in the insurance company

A study on factors influencing employee engagement in the insurance company

Employee Engagement is an important factor in achieving organizational and individual goals. In this study, organizational communication job satisfaction and pay and benefits was treated as independent variables. While a dependent variable is employee engagement this research aims to identify a stud...

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Main Author: Liyana, Aziz
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Published: 2017
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HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management
Employment
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A study on factors influencing employee engagement in the insurance company
description Employee Engagement is an important factor in achieving organizational and individual goals. In this study, organizational communication job satisfaction and pay and benefits was treated as independent variables. While a dependent variable is employee engagement this research aims to identify a study on factors influencing employee engagement in insurance company, The research conducted using survey method and a total of 103 questionnaires were distributed to the employees in the insurance company. The results were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22.0. From the data analyzed, the results revealed that the three factors. Which are the organizational communication, job satisfaction and pay and benefits have a significant relationship to employee engagement of the respondents. The limitations of the present study and some suggestions for future research and to further to improve the employee engagement among the employees in the insurance company are highlighted and discussed
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spelling my-uum-etd.70232021-05-10T00:56:46Z A study on factors influencing employee engagement in the insurance company 2017 Liyana, Aziz Azizan, Norizan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment Employee Engagement is an important factor in achieving organizational and individual goals. In this study, organizational communication job satisfaction and pay and benefits was treated as independent variables. While a dependent variable is employee engagement this research aims to identify a study on factors influencing employee engagement in insurance company, The research conducted using survey method and a total of 103 questionnaires were distributed to the employees in the insurance company. The results were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22.0. From the data analyzed, the results revealed that the three factors. Which are the organizational communication, job satisfaction and pay and benefits have a significant relationship to employee engagement of the respondents. The limitations of the present study and some suggestions for future research and to further to improve the employee engagement among the employees in the insurance company are highlighted and discussed 2017 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/7023/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/7023/1/s818715_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/7023/2/s818715_02.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Ababneh, Hesham Okla Hamad (2010). Factors Influencing Employee Engagement: A Survey of the Islamic Bank of Jordan. Master of Human Recourse Management dissertation. Universiti Utara Malaysia, Ma1aysia. Al Ahmadi, H (2009) . Factors affecting performance of hospital nurses in Riyadh Region, Saudia Arabia. Int. J. Health Care Quality Assurance, 22 (1):40-54. Ayers, K. (2008). Engagement is not enough. 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