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Employee engagement

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounCommon term

In management & leadership, employee engagement means: How committed, involved and enthusiastic employees feel about their work and their organisation, which affects how much effort they put in and whether they stay.

In Turkish: çalışan bağlılığı, çalışan katılımı

How it is used

A key HR and leadership measure, usually tracked through an annual engagement survey. People talk about high or low engagement, engagement scores and ways to improve or drive engagement.

Example sentences

  1. Our employee engagement score went up after we introduced flexible hours.

  2. Low employee engagement usually shows up first as higher staff turnover.

Common collocations

  • employee engagement survey
  • improve employee engagement
  • engagement score
  • drive engagement
  • high engagement
  • motivationThe reasons and energy that make a person want to do something and keep doing it, such as interest in the work, recognition, money or a sense of purpose.
  • moraleThe general level of confidence, energy and satisfaction in a team or workplace, which shows in how people feel about their work and the future.
  • recognitionPublic or private praise and appreciation for someone's work or achievement, such as a thank-you, an award or a mention in a team meeting.
  • burnoutA state of physical and emotional exhaustion caused by long-term stress at work, often with low motivation and a feeling of being less effective.
  • psychological safetyA shared belief within a team that people can speak up, ask questions, admit mistakes or disagree without being punished or embarrassed.

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