A STUDY ON ENGAGEMENT AND WELLBEING OF THE EMPLOYEES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CHENNAI

Abstract

Employee Engagement describes the sense of employees’ involvement towards their tasks. Employee wellbeing indicates the employees’ physical, psychological and emotional health. The purpose of this research is to analyse the factors contributing towards the Employee Engagement and Wellbeing. Descriptive Research Design is used in this study. Primary Data were collected by using the Five-Point Likert Scale. This study mainly elaborates the factors such as Self-Efficacy, Fit and Belonging, Team Culture, Team Learning and Work Relationship, Engagement, Psychological Safety and Management influencing the Engagement and Wellbeing of the Programmer Analysts, Project Managers and Senior Managers of IT Companies in Chennai with the sample size of One Hundred and Forty-Four. Majority of the Employees are Programmer Analysts. This study analyses the impact of Demographic Variables on the Engagement and Wellbeing of the employees, which identified that the Gender does not influence the Engagement and Wellbeing of the employees. Employees’ Perception towards the factors influencing the Employee Engagement and Wellbeing remains constant regardless of the years of experience and categories of Designation. Perception of the Programmer Analysts and Senior Managers towards the factors influencing the Employee Engagement and Wellbeing varies in accordance with their income levels. It is recommended to create the awareness in the minds of the Programmer Analysts about the organizational mission. So that, they themselves become expertise in their own tasks and feel motivated to work towards the development of the Organization.