Analytical Study of Employee Engagement in Association with Contextual Performance of Employees

Organization have long been inquisitive about the role of management on how employees suppose and feel about their jobs, in addition to what employees are inclined to dedicate to the business enterprise. Several studies on employee engagement have been done in the corporate sector and now there is a need for sector specific employee engagement practices. Keeping this thought in mind education sector has been selected for the present study. The engagement of academic faculty is considered to have an enormous effect on the success of the student and the overall development of the society. The present study attempts to analyse the relationship between employee engagement and contextual performance among teaching workforce employed in higher education institutions. For the study cross-sectional survey design was used with a sample of 360 faculties and data was analysed with Chi-square statistical test. The findings of the article concluded a positive significant association between employee engagement and contextual performance. Implications are also discussed.