Self-management strategies of graduate employees to enhance work engagement
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Self-management strategies of graduate employees to enhance work engagement | |
| Creator | Dhanpat, Nelesh Danguru, Dorothy L. Fetile, Oyisa Kekana, Kholeka Mathetha, Kholosa N. Nhlabathi, Sphiwe F. Ruiters, Elmain | |
| Description | Orientation: The hiring of graduates is valuable to organisations. It is necessary to understand the self-management behaviours they display and the behaviours required to keep them engaged.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how self-management strategies enhance work engagement of recent graduates who find themselves in a new environment of the world of work.Motivation for the study: Employee engagement is of both academic and practitioner interest. With organisations hiring graduates, it is valuable to understand the self-management behaviours needed to remain engaged.Research approach/design and method: A qualitative research approach was employed through an interpretivist research paradigm. A purposive sample of 12 graduate employees (median age = 24) in various fields of work were interviewed (women = 11, men = 1; black = 11, coloured = 1). The graduates participated in semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis was conducted and five themes emerged.Main findings: Through an inductive approach, the five themes that emerged concerning self-management strategies used by graduates to enhance their work engagement are goal setting, self-cueing, self-observation, self-reward and self-punishment and work engagement practices.Practical/managerial implications: Self-management strategies help to sustain an engaged workforce. Organisations that make use of graduate recruitment will largely benefit from the findings.Contribution/value-add: There is limited research on the topic pertaining to graduate employees. Graduates remain relevant in the organisation, and hence, the study makes a contribution to theory and practice. A model is presented with recommendations for graduates and the organisation, which, when implemented, have the potential to enhance work engagement. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2021-04-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v47i0.1857 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 47 (2021); 12 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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