Library and Information Centers Professionals Engagement: An Antecedent of Job Involvement in Information Age

Vol-1 | Issue-4 | November-2014 | Published Online: 05 November 2014    PDF ( 243 KB )
Author(s)
Uttamkumar D. Rana 1

1A. Librarian, SRICT, Vararia, Gujarat (India)

Abstract

Library and Information Centers are increasingly recognizing the value of employee engagement – encompassing
volunteerism and employee giving – in bringing benefits to society and meeting the objectives of the organizations. Libraries
put more emphasis on the employee engagement aspect of community involvement; they can realize even stronger results. A
successful employee engagement strategy helps create a community at the workplace and not just a workforce. When
employees are effectively and positively engaged with their organization, they form an emotional connection with the company.
This affects their attitude towards their colleagues and the company‘s clients and improves customer satisfaction and
organizational welfare. The paper focuses on how LIS employee engagement is an antecedent of job involvement and what
should a company do to make the employees engaged. This paper also highlights on the various methods that can be practiced
in organizations for engaging the employees in productive work and creating an atmosphere of cooperation and trust between
them. The paper attempts to do an analysis of employee engagement strategies adopted by the organization on the basis of the
widely accepted Ten Cs Model of Employee Engagement.

Keywords
LIS Professionals’ engagement, Customer satisfaction, employee engagement, job involvement, organizational welfare, ten Cs model
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