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Relationship Between Perceived Contribution, Professional Respect, And Employee Engagement, Rafael Eustacio Guarin
Relationship Between Perceived Contribution, Professional Respect, And Employee Engagement, Rafael Eustacio Guarin
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Disengaged employees are a threat to a company's survival in a highly competitive world. Despite employee engagement benefits, the mediation of interactions between leaders and followers and the specific drivers of engagement remain poorly understood. This correlational study was grounded on leader member exchange (LMX) theory and examined the relationship between 2 dimensions of LMX (perceived contribution and professional respect) and employee engagement. In this study, 68 manufacturing employees from the southern region of the United States responded to 2 surveys to measure the LMX dimensions and the level of employee engagement. Using multiple regression analysis, the existence of a …