Define the Origin of Employee Engagement Flashcards

An informal approach to assisting a new employee to learn about the organization and how things work around or within the organization

This is the opposite to engagement, where the employee disengages and withdraws from work due to emotional and/or physical exhaustion

Is a broader concept than work engagement insofar as it includes not just the relationship of the employee to their work but also their relationship with the organization itself

Research carried out to assess the feelings of a target group of employees towards various aspects of their work, their team and their organization

The number of people who leave an organization and need to be replaced in order to maintain production or service

From a defined set of available benefits, employees select the benefits that best meet their needs

The collection of employee skill that exists within a firm at any given time

The whole process whereby new employees in an organization adjust to their new roles and responsibilities within a new working environment

This approach to induction focuses on supplying new starters with basic information regarding the working of procedures within the organization

Is a research study that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g. people) over long periods of time

The employee who is mentored by a more senior employee within the organization

A more senior or experienced employee who acts as a role model for the employee, supporting their personal and professional development

A developmental process focused on the personal and professional development of the mentee

The mechanism through which new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours to become effective organizational members and insiders

The behaviour of individual employees that is not directly or explicitly required by an organization as part of the role but which promotes the effective functioning of the organization