EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Abstract

Talent management is one of the most potential strategies for any organization’s sustainable success. It encompasses various practices for achieving the organizational goals such as hiring the right candidates, developing their skills to match the position, and retaining talented employees. Particularly retaining talented employees is very crucial for any organization. In that context, employee engagement plays a vital role in retaining employees for a longer period and also for the organizational success. So our study investigates how talent management strategies impacts employee engagement in the case of automotive industry located at Chennai. The study conducted face-to-face depths interviews with 20 employees and 5 managers who are designated in higher positions who were working in that industry to find out talent management practices acquired by the industry. Furthermore conducted some literature reviews for identifying the talent management practices that affecting employee engagement and thus leads to organizational success. Based on the findings automotive industry only good in managerial support, but lacking in other talent management practices such as rewards and recognition, compensation management, fair pay and employee career development.

Keywords: Talent Management practices, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Organizational Success