The role of occupational engagement as an alternative to improve employee satisfaction

Agurto Ruiz K.P.; Mogollón García F.S.; Castillo Chung L.B. · Universidad y Sociedad (2020)

Resumen

This research seeks to analyze and measure two variables related to human resource management: Occupational engagement and job satisfaction in an internationally recognized agro-export company. The objective of the study is to determine if the company has an adequate occupational engagement program that contributes to improving the job satisfaction of the employees of this company. Measuring the level of occupational engagement; the level of job satisfaction and determine the relationship between the dimensions of occupational engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption) and job satisfaction of the company’s operating personnel. A job satisfaction and engagement questionnaire was applied, taking the Uwes scale (Ultrech Work Engagement Scale) and the Meliá and Peiró job satisfaction scale as a reference for its preparation. We worked with a population of 201 workers, concluding that the agro-export company has an adequate occupational engagement program that contributes to improving the job satisfaction of this company’s employees.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Frontera; Universidad César Vallejo