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Employee engagement: a comparative study of family and non-family businesses

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  • Emil Knezovic
  • Ramo Palalic
  • Azra Bico
  • Arnela Dilovic

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The purpose of this study is to analyse the antecedents of employee engagement in family and non-family businesses by using the model developed by Saks (2006). Further, the study examines whether there is a difference in employee engagement between employees in family and non-family firms. A quantitative study is applied through cross-sectional survey method by using online questionnaire for data collection. The final sample consists of 126 participants out of which 68 were employees in family businesses and 58 in non-family businesses. The results gave little support for both hypotheses. The partial support was found in the model of antecedents of employee engagement while no support was found for the difference in employee engagement when it comes to comparison between employees in family and non-family businesses.

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  • Emil Knezovic & Ramo Palalic & Azra Bico & Arnela Dilovic, 2018. "Employee engagement: a comparative study of family and non-family businesses," International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(2), pages 156-172.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijtisy:v:6:y:2018:i:2:p:156-172
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