EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: EXPLICATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF ANTECEDENTS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Abstract

The study’s goal is to identify antecedents that influence faculty members’ levels of employee engagement in higher education institutions in Uttar Pradesh. To examine the hypothesis, stepwise multiple regression analysis was employed. The investigation revealed that five out of six identified antecedents namely communication, compensation and benefits, perceived organizational support, rewards and recognition, and career growth opportunity were able to explain 64 % of the variance in employee engagement levels of faculty members. As hypothesised, the antecedents of employee engagement (i.e., communication, compensation and benefits, perceived organizational support, rewards and recognition, and career growth opportunity) have a statistically significant impact on the engagement levels of faculty members employed in Uttar Pradesh’s higher educational institutions.