{"product_id":"employee-engagement-in-theory-and-practice-9780415657426","title":"Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years there has been a weight of evidence suggesting that engagement has a significantly positive impact on productivity, performance and organisational advocacy, as well as individual wellbeing, and a significantly negative impact on intent to quit and absenteeism from the work place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive new book is unique as it brings together, for the first time, psychological and critical HRM perspectives on engagement as well as their practical application. \u003ci\u003eEmployee Engagement in Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e will familiarise readers with the concepts and core themes that have been explored in research and their application in a business context via a set of carefully chosen and highly relevant original and case studies, some of which are co-authored by invited practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an accessible manner, this book will be essential reading for scholars in the field, students studying at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as practitioners i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This engagement textbook should be required reading not just for HR students but for all practitioners and people involved in engagement. The editors have compiled an eclectic and informative mix of articles on engagement. The strong academic underpinnings of the book offer the reader research based conclusions and many important questions to consider.' \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eEmployee Engagement Awards for 2013 - Winner of Best Engagement Book 2013\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eCatherine Truss, Kerstin Alfes, Rick Delbridge, Amanda Shantz and Emma Soane\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: The Psychology of Engagement \u003c\/b\u003e1. What is Engagement? \u003ci\u003eWilmar Schaufeli \u003c\/i\u003e2. Engagement in the Context of Positive Psychology \u003ci\u003eCarolyn M. Youssef-Morgan and Kristi M. Bockorny\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Antecedents and Drivers of Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003eEean R. Crawford, Bruce L. Rich, Brooke R. Buckman and Jenny Bergeron\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Relational Contexts of Personal Engagement at Work \u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Kahn and Emily D. Heaphy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Employee Engagement: The HRM Implications \u003c\/b\u003e5. Strategic HRM and Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003ePaul Sparrow \u003c\/i\u003e 6. HRD and Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003eBrad Shuck and Tonette Rocco \u003c\/i\u003e 7. Job Design and Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003eMaria Tims and Arnold B Bakker\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Leadership and Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003eEmma Soane\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Employee Engagement in a Cultural Context \u003ci\u003eSebastiaan Rothmann\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Employee Engagement in Multinational Organizations \u003ci\u003eClare Kelliher, Veronica Hope-Hailey and Elaine Farndale\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Employee Engagement: Critical Perspectives \u003c\/b\u003e11. Engagement: A murmuration of objects \u003ci\u003eTom Keenoy\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Employee Engagement: Fashionable fad or long-term fixture? \u003ci\u003eDavid E Guest\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Employee Voice and Engagement \u003ci\u003eJohn Purcell\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Employee Engagement in Practice \u003c\/b\u003e14. Relevance of Employee Engagement across Cultures from the Perspective of HR Professional Associations \u003ci\u003eAmanda Shantz, Jordan Schoenberg and Christopher Chan\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Measuring and Understanding Engagement \u003ci\u003eLuke Fletcher and Dilys Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e 16. Case Studies in Employee Engagement \u003ci\u003eKerstin Alfes and Selma Suna Yeltekin Leloglu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018178462039,"sku":"9780415657426","price":56.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415657426.jpg?v=1750775910","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/employee-engagement-in-theory-and-practice-9780415657426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}