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The impact of social media and collaboration on Gen Y employees’ engagement

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  • Mohammad Faraz Naim
  • Usha Lenka

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Purpose - This paper aims to examine the relationship between workplace use of social media, collaboration and Gen Y employees’ engagement. Design/methodology/approach - A sample of 209 Indian Gen Y employees from information technology industry participated in the survey. Structural equation modelling is used to test the research hypotheses. Findings - Findings reveal that social media has a significant positive effect on collaboration, which leads to Gen Y employees’ perceived learning, in turn impacting Gen Y employees’ engagement. Research limitations/implications - Findings suggest a social media-enabled approach of collaboration to satisfy Gen Y employees’ perceived learning leading to their engagement. However, this study only examines the employees’ perspective; it will be prudent to examine management perspective as well in future studies. Practical implications - Organisations must integrate social media into their talent management strategy. Originality/value - This study contributes to the literature in human resources pertaining to social media as an asset to promote collaboration and develops a linkage between social media and Gen Y employees’ engagement via perceived learning.

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  • Mohammad Faraz Naim & Usha Lenka, 2017. "The impact of social media and collaboration on Gen Y employees’ engagement," International Journal of Development Issues, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 16(3), pages 289-299, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijdipp:ijdi-04-2017-0041
    DOI: 10.1108/IJDI-04-2017-0041
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    Cited by:

    1. Antoni Wontorczyk & Bohdan Rożnowski, 2022. "Remote, Hybrid, and On-Site Work during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and the Consequences for Stress and Work Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-22, February.
    2. Helena Bulinska-Stangrecka & Anna Bagienska & Yasangi Anuradha Iddagoda, 2021. "The Mediating Role of Social Media in the Relationship between Perceived Leadership Support and Employee Engagement in Banking," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 1), pages 851-874.
    3. repec:thr:techub:10014:y:2020:i:1:p:363-375 is not listed on IDEAS

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