A Chronological Literature Review of Evolution, Concept and Various Aspects of Employee Engagement Worldwide

Current business scenario is facing high volatility, uncertainty and rapid occurring changes. At the same time, organisations want to increase their productivity with lean manpower and more automation. It necessitates organisations to find out ways to tap full potential of their employees with better performances and efficiencies. Employees put their discretionary efforts on jobs, only if they feel happy and engaged at workplace. Employee engagement became a viable solution for organisations in their human resource practices to drive and empowering the changes. Based on the existing literature and available definitions, the aim of this study is to systematically understand the origin, evolution and various concepts of employee engagement in chronological order. Further, the study also tries to highlight the distinction of employee engagement with related concepts and makes a conscious effort to identify different variables, constructs and their relationship with employee engagement.