| Employee engagement in the workplace has a major impact on organizational performance and employee retention rates. Employee engagement can be experienced throughout all levels of an organization from front line employees, managers, supervisors, all the way to top level executives. As a relatively new topic in the field of industrial and organizational psychology, a clear cut definition of engagement does not exist. Employee disengagement is a challenge that many leaders are experiencing and are struggling to address throughout their organization, however, new mechanisms for improving engagement are being introduced regularly. Involving employees in the organization goal setting process is a mechanism this research assessed to gain a better understanding of relationships between employee involvement in the organizational goal setting process and their engagement levels in the workplace, examining vigor, dedication and absorption. The researcher assessed data from 133 participants across two organizations in the Pikes Peak Region. A quantitative, correlation research design was used to assess these relationships. The findings of this research found that as an employee's level of involvement in the goal setting process increases, engagement scores increase among vigor, dedication, and absorption. Among the three levels of engagement, dedication had the strongest correlation with level of involvement in the goal setting process.;Key words: employee engagement, engagement, organizational goals, organizational goal setting, generational demographics, strategic planning, organizational performance, employee goals, Gallup Q12, strategy formulation, strategy making process, strategy process, improving employee engagement, GWA, generational diversity, generational differences, generations in the workplace, UWES, work engagement, vigor, dedication, absorption. |
