{"id":12149,"date":"2022-10-31T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/?post_type=blog&p=12149"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:10:59","slug":"engagement-meter-2-0","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/blog\/engagement-meter-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Engagement Meter 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Let’s discover together in this article written by our expert in work psychology the importance of employee engagement in companies. <\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\nEmployee engagement: a somewhat controversial concept in the domain of psychology, yet of undeniable importance in an organisational context. So how can we best define employee engagement? Why is it so important to measure? And how can it be done? Let\u2019s take a look at some of Zest\u2019s suggestions\u2026 <\/span>\r\n

What is employee engagement ?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\nTake a look at the organisational psychology literature and you\u2019ll find a number of different definitions for the term engagement. At Zest, we view employee engagement as an umbrella term embracing three key aspects (cf. <\/span>Green et al. 2017<\/span><\/a>) : <\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nAccording to Green\u2019s definition, we, as individuals, come to work with a set of expectations about what work should bring to our lives (these can also be seen as needs to be fulfilled by work). Our expectations\/needs are developed as a function of our different experiences, contexts and education. For one individual, work could be simply a means to an end financially, for another, it could be a means for self-expression.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen our needs are met or our expectations are confirmed, we can experience engagement in our work (and therefore disengagement if the contrary is true and our needs or expectations are not met). This notion of confirming or going against our expectations is crucial to engagement, highlighting its individualised nature.<\/span>\r\n

Why measure employee engagement ?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\nThere are a multitude of benefits that have been shown to result from employee engagement:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n