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Employee engagement: do practitioners care what academics have to say – and should they?

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:43 authored by Catherine Bailey
Securing high levels of employee engagement has become a dominant concern for HR practitioners globally, and a lucrative survey and consultancy industry has grown up around the topic. Despite significant parallel interest within the scholarly community, it is questionable whether research published in peer-reviewed journals has had any impact on the practice of engagement. The divergent perspectives of academics and practitioners on engagement are explored within the wider context of evidence-based management and the ‘rigor – relevance’ debate, alongside consideration of the risks of presupposing a simplified binary divide between the two communities. Some suggestions for strategies aimed at creating a stronger connection between the interests of practitioners and those of academics are proposed, whilst bearing in mind academia’s broader and more critical remit.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Human Resource Management Review

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1053-4822

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Elsevier

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  • Business and Management Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-12-31

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-12-10

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