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Drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/85352 Drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments Vermaak, Andre Ncube, Thamsanqa Loraine UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2021. Employee engagement is an important driver of business performance and success. Accordingly, many extensive studies have been conducted on the drivers of employee engagement in the workplace. However, there exists limited research on the drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a great impact on organisations drastically increasing the number of employees working remotely. This shift continuously introduces new challenges for employees and organisations, which impact employee engagement and ultimately business performance. With many employees favouring remote work and flexibility, and organisations forced to embrace this new norm, this is the future of work. Therefore, it is imperative for organisations to understand what drives and maintains a remote worker’s engagement levels. This research contributes to and enhances the existing literature by employing a qualitative, inductive, and exploratory approach to explore the insights through the lens of HR professionals. Twelve in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants from varying sectors and organisations in South Africa. Key findings from the study indicate that the critical factors and drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments are communication, tools and resources, leadership, and culture. There is an unexpected finding regarding the agility and adaptiveness of organisations in today’s fast-evolving environment and how their response speed greatly impacts employee engagement. A framework is presented, highlighting the critical drivers impacting employee engagement in remote working environments. This study was limited to HR professionals in South African based organisations. zl22 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2022-05-17T11:20:22Z 2022-05-17T11:20:22Z 2022/04/07 2021 Mini Dissertation * https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85352 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments |
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| title_short | Drivers of employee engagement in remote working environments |
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| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85352 |