Abstract:

Through literature review, we make a critical analysis of studies on the definition, the structure and the measuring tools of employee engagement, which is a hot topic in today’s human resources management practice and research. Since the word “engagement” has a long history in China, it is necessary to make study of this topic under Chinese cultural background, which includes research on the definition and structure of engagement, the mechanism of employee engagement on personal and organizational performance and measures of enhancing employee engagement.

Key words: employee engagement, literature review, local studies