A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley

The purpose of this study to investigate the factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y at McDonald’s in Klang Valley. The primary objective of this paper is to determine the relationships between the employee engagement factors (leadership, communication, rewards and recognition, work-life...

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Main Author: Ismail, Juniza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/1/35-27.pdf
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description The purpose of this study to investigate the factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y at McDonald’s in Klang Valley. The primary objective of this paper is to determine the relationships between the employee engagement factors (leadership, communication, rewards and recognition, work-life balance and training and development) among Gen Y at McDonald’s in Klang Valley. A qualitative and quantitative study was deployed by the researcher. This research consists of semi-structured interview with the representive from headquarter and restaurant manager. Meanwhile, self-administered questionnaire is used to collect information on employee engagement among the Gen Y at the restaurant branch. The findings analysis indicates the factors of engagement have correlations with employee engagement. However, the variables that had major impact were leadership and communication. A special focus and effort is required on the least significant factors by promoting a healthy work-life balance for its Gen Y employees, interesting approach in training into a ‘learning playground’ and flexible salary payments for employees.
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spelling upm-587812018-02-05T08:31:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/ A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley Ismail, Juniza The purpose of this study to investigate the factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y at McDonald’s in Klang Valley. The primary objective of this paper is to determine the relationships between the employee engagement factors (leadership, communication, rewards and recognition, work-life balance and training and development) among Gen Y at McDonald’s in Klang Valley. A qualitative and quantitative study was deployed by the researcher. This research consists of semi-structured interview with the representive from headquarter and restaurant manager. Meanwhile, self-administered questionnaire is used to collect information on employee engagement among the Gen Y at the restaurant branch. The findings analysis indicates the factors of engagement have correlations with employee engagement. However, the variables that had major impact were leadership and communication. A special focus and effort is required on the least significant factors by promoting a healthy work-life balance for its Gen Y employees, interesting approach in training into a ‘learning playground’ and flexible salary payments for employees. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/1/35-27.pdf Ismail, Juniza (2017) A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley. In: Graduate Research in Education Seminar (GREduc) 2017, 16 Dec. 2017, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 189-199).
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A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title_full A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title_fullStr A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title_full_unstemmed A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title_short A study on factors influencing employee engagement among Gen Y employees in McDonald's Klang Valley
title_sort study on factors influencing employee engagement among gen y employees in mcdonald's klang valley
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58781/1/35-27.pdf