Employee Engagement in the Technology Sector

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29 January 2022

By Mainak Maheshwari, Anisha Saha and Sharon Teres John

With the onset of the pandemic, employers were faced with the unprecedented challenge of maintaining work continuity. Workplace dimensions underwent a massive change within a period of a few months. The change brought along issues relating to employee engagement.

In a survey done by PeopleAsset of leadership members across multiple functions and industries, 88.9% of the leaders surveyed say that COVID has deeply impacted their organizations, the same number also agreed that employee engagement and retention have been affected the most.

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Anisha Saha

PGDM in HRM (2022)

XLRI, Jamshedpur

Sharon Teres John

PGDM in HRM (2022)

XLRI, Jamshedpur

Mainak Maheshwari

Founder, Kairos Consulting

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

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