Do Organizations Really Gain Without Pain?: The Dark Side of Employee Engagement

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Author(s): Nil Selenay Erden (Istanbul University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 20
Source title: Management Techniques for Employee Engagement in Contemporary Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Naman Sharma (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, India), Narendra Chaudhary (Symbiosis International University, India)and Vinod Kumar Singh (Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7799-7.ch004

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Human Resource Management / Knowledge Management and Library Science / Management Science

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The positive psychology movement involves putting an emphasis on investigating positive qualities of individuals. The movement has also affected work psychology domain. One of the most outstanding topics in the work psychology domain has been work engagement. Work engagement, defined as a positive state of mind, characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption, has been studied in relation to individual resources and performance indicators. Primary objective of this chapter is to provide assumptions on the dark side of work engagement. In this respect, the dark side of employee engagement, which has not received great attention in the literature, will be discussed in order to inspire a more balanced focus for future studies and organizational settings. The recommendation section includes avenues for future studies and suggestions for gatekeepers/managers.

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