The relationship between career maximization and employee engagement

Career maximizing is the extent to which a person desires to make career decisions in pursuit of maximizing goals. It is now receiving widespread academic and research interest from various quarters. Since a career is a process wherein individuals narrow down their life choices, to create and find their self, it is of paramount importance. Employee engagement is an affective cognitive state at workplace, which is persistent and pervasive in nature. It is capable of enhancing employee empowerment, and reducing workplace deviance and turnover intentions. The study identified the relationship between career maximization and employee engagement. It was found that the two variables were having significant positive relationship. No significant difference was found in the gender wise analysis of the two constructs. The study has brought out significant addition to management literature as no earlier studies have been done to identify the relationships.