Engagement and Disengagement at Work

1. Front Matter

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2. Engagement Fashion

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 1-3

3. Engagement and Disengagement at Work: What’s New

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 5-18

4. Overview of Employee Engagement Literature: The What and Why Issues

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 19-38

5. Overview of Employee Engagement Literature: The How Issue

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 39-56

6. People Engagement and New Fashions in HRM Practices: Social Responsibility, Digital Transformation, Happiness and Well-Being

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 57-90

7. Conclusions and Future Prospects: The Role of HRM Professionals, Managers and Employees in Facing the Socio-economic Crisis

   • Barbara Imperatori

   Pages 91-98

8. Back Matter

   Pages 99-113

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This book offers a concise summary of cutting-edge research and practical implications about employee engagement. The author presents a clear perspective on the meaning of employee engagement, its antecedents and consequences are presented with evidences. Based on latest research results, the book discusses organizational practices which enhance people engagement focusing on the new trends of the HRM domain such as well-being practices, e-HRM systems and social volunteering initiatives. The detailed analysis also takes the recent complaints about the HR function into account. This book emphasizes that modern organizations require passionate people to thriving in a rapidly changing world, and it is important to understand why, despite the growing relevance of employee engagement, disengaged persists. 

• Employee-Organization Relationships
• Engagement Clichés
• Wellbeing Practices
• Social Corporate Volunteering
• e-HRM Systems
• Cross-Cultural Issues
• HRM Trends

“The book is a tool for educating a professional audience about the basic concepts and findings around employee engagement and pointing out likely practical implications of current evidence. … Both the tone and the emphasis on evidence-based strategies make this book a useful read for anyone interested in contributing to the solution of this core problem. … volume provides a useful service in pointing out the concerning predicament in the work environment within the United States and beyond … .” (Charles E. Drebing, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (46), November, 2017)

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

  Barbara Imperatori

Barbara Imperatori is Associate Professor of Organization Design and Organizational Behaviour, Dept. of Economics & Business Administration, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy. She received her Ph.D. Degree in Management and Business Administration at Bocconi University. Her research interests are Strategic Human Resource Management and social media;  employment relationships and new employment arrangements;  employee and team creativity; organizational solidarity and well-being;  hybrid organizations, social enterprise and organization design.  Her several contributions have been published in international and national academic and managerial journals and books. Barbara Imperatori has more than 20 years of experience in research and executive education on HRM,  creativity and organization design.span>

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