Organizational Socialisation and Employee Engagement

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between organisational socialisation and employee engagement. The specific objectives aim to examine; (1) the relationship between organizational socialisation and employee physical engagement. (2) The relationship between organizational socialisation and employee emotional engagement. (3) The relationship between organizational socialisation and employee cognitive engagement. The study deployed the Spearman rank correlation coefficient to evaluate the strength and direction of the relationship between organisational socialisation and employee engagement and also utilized the simple linear regression analysis to examine the predictive influence of organizational socialisation on employee engagement. The finding reveals that; (1) there is a high positive significant relationship between organizational socialisation and employee physical engagement. (2) There is a positive significant relationship between organizational socialisation and employee emotional engagement. (3) There is a positive significant relationship between organizational socialisation and employee cognitive engagement. Hence, the study empirically proved that organisational socialisation has a significant positive relationship with employee engagement. Organisations that are committed to a viable sustainable posterity must utilise strategic insights from this study and optimise their socialisation strategies to attain a more engaged workforce.