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Employee Engagement
There is clear evidence showing that employee engagement generates individual and organisational performance. A small fraction of that evidence is listed below:
For an exploration of the psychological perspective of employee engagement, the seminal paper is:
There is clear evidence showing that employee engagement generates individual and organisational performance. A small fraction of that evidence is listed below:
- Corporate Leadership Council (2004). Driving performance and retention through employee engagement. Research Summary. Corporate Executive Board.
- Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., & Hayes, T. L. (2002). Business-unit-level relationship between employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: a meta-analysis. Journal of applied psychology, 87(2), 268.
- Menguc, B., Auh, S., Fisher, M., & Haddad, A. (2013). To be engaged or not to be engaged: The antecedents and consequences of service employee engagement. Journal of business research, 66(11), 2163-2170.
- Rayton, B., Dodge, T., & D'Analeze, G. (2012). The Evidence: Employee Engagement Task Force “Nailing the evidence” workgroup. Engage for Success.
- Towers Watson (2015). The Power of Three: Taking Engagement to New Heights. Towers Watson Research Report.
- Wellins, Bernthal & Phelps (2005). Employee Engagement: The Key to Realizing Competitive Advantage. Development Dimensions International Research Report.
For an exploration of the psychological perspective of employee engagement, the seminal paper is:
- Kahn, W. A. (1990). Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work. Academy of management journal, 33(4), 692-724.
Leadership Development
As you may expect, there is a stack of research on leadership and leadership development. When considering aspects of this topic pertinent to developing business leaders the following papers are a helpful resource:
As you may expect, there is a stack of research on leadership and leadership development. When considering aspects of this topic pertinent to developing business leaders the following papers are a helpful resource:
- Department for Business Innovation and Skills. (2012) Leadership & management in the UK - the key to sustainable growth : a summary of the evidence for the value of investing in leadership and management development. London: Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
- Egan, T. M., Yang, B., & Bartlett, K. R. (2004). The effects of organizational learning culture and job satisfaction on motivation to transfer learning and turnover intention. Human resource development quarterly, 15(3), 279-301.
- George, B. (2010). True north: Discover your authentic leadership (Vol. 143). John Wiley & Sons.
- Hernandez, M., Eberly, M. B., Avolio, B. J. and Johnson, M. D. (2011) The loci and mechanisms of leadership: exploring a more comprehensive view of leadership theory. The Leadership Quarterly. Vol 22. No 6. pp1165-1185.
- McKenzie, J. and Aitken, P. (2012) Learning to lead the knowledgeable organization: developing leadership agility. Strategic HR Review. Vol.11 No.6 2012 pp329-334.
- O'Connell, P. K. (2014). A simplified framework for 21st century leader development. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(2), 183-203.
- Perkins, D. N., & Salomon, G. (1989). Are cognitive skills context-bound?. Educational researcher, 18(1), 16-25.
- Watkins, M.D. (2012) How managers become leaders. Harvard Business Review. Vol 90, No 6, June. pp65-72.
- Watson, G. and Reissner, S.C. (2014) Developing Skills for Business Leadership. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Strength-Based Working
Bold claims are made concerning strength-based working's ability to generate high individual and organisational performance. Some of the evidence supporting these claims is below:
Bold claims are made concerning strength-based working's ability to generate high individual and organisational performance. Some of the evidence supporting these claims is below:
- Aguinis, H., Gottfredson, R. K., & Joo, H. (2012). Delivering effective performance feedback: The strengths-based approach. Business Horizons, 55(2), 105-111.
- Biswas-Diener, R., Kashdan, T. B., & Minhas, G. (2011). A dynamic approach to psychological strength development and intervention. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 6(2), 106-118.
- Clifton, D. O., & Harter, J. K. (2003). Investing in strengths. Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline, 111-121.
- Gordon, S., & Gucciardi, D. F. (2011). A strengths-based approach to coaching mental toughness. Journal of sport psychology in action, 2(3), 143-155.
- Linley, P. A., & Harrington, S. (2006). Playing to your strengths. Psychologist, 19, 86–89.
- Minhas, G. (2010). Developing realised and unrealised strengths: Implications for engagement, self-esteem, life satisfaction and well-being. Assessment and Development Matters, 2(1), 12
- Seligman, M. E. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. Simon and Schuster.
Evidence-based Practice
Some papers on evidence-based practice which explain the term more fully and guide ThinkingOn's approach:
Some papers on evidence-based practice which explain the term more fully and guide ThinkingOn's approach:
- Allen, D. G., Bryant, P. C., & Vardaman, J. M. (2010). Retaining talent: Replacing misconceptions with evidence-based strategies. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 24(2), 48-64.
- Briner, R. B., Denyer, D., & Rousseau, D. M. (2009). Evidence-based management: concept cleanup time?. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(4), 19-32.
- Briner, R. B., & Rousseau, D. M. (2011). Evidence‐based I–O psychology: not there yet. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 4(1), 3-22.
- Giluk, T. L., & Rynes-Weller, S. (2012). Research findings practitioners resist: Lessons for management academics from evidence-based medicine. The Oxford handbook of evidence-based management, 130-164.
- Klimoski, R., & Amos, B. (2012). Practicing evidence-based education in leadership development. Academy of Management Learning & Education, amle-2012.