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2009

Communication

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Business communication; Communication in organizations; Communication in personnel management; Job satisfaction; Management--Employee participation; Organizational sociology

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Internal Communication In Organizations And Employee Engagement, Lynn Kalani Terumi Hayase May 2009

Internal Communication In Organizations And Employee Engagement, Lynn Kalani Terumi Hayase

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Employee engagement is a fairly new phenomenon that continues to gather the attention of and implementation into organizations. While communication has been identified as a factor affecting engagement, no scientific research has concentrated solely on the relationship between the two. Taking this into account this study sought to find whether there is a relationship between internal communication and employee engagement.

Results indicated that there is a positive relationship between factors of internal communication and factors of employee engagement. The current research found that internal communication is linked to commitment, discretionary effort, and meaningful work; all factors of engagement. In addition, …