IJSRP, Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2015 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Pei-Yew Lai, Jee-Sin Lee, Yu-Xiang Lim, Ray-Gin Yeoh and Farhana Hanim Mohsin
Abstract:
In order to motivate employees to be more engaged at work, there is a need to further examine the work variables that enable such. This study is carried out to identify the factors that affect employee engagement; that is the relationship between training and development and co-workers support towards employee engagement. Data were collected through printed and online questionnaire and distributed to 400 respondents among hotel employees. Data were then analyzed using Statistical Analysis System (SAS) program to conduct descriptive analysis, reliability test, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression to interpret the collected data. The findings showed that co-workers support bring the most significant relationship towards employee engagement in hotel industry. This result is supported by previous studies and several suggested recommendation have also been discussed.