| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to investigate the success factors of employee engagement in
Zimbabwe’s Mining Sector. The study was motivated by the high turnover of skilled and
technical staff at the rate of 60%. Management attention was required due to costs associated
with the rehiring, training, placement and motivation of the employees. The research focused
on establishing the correlation between employee participation and involvement and
employee engagement, determining the extent to which leadership is associated with employee
engagement, identifying the degree to which incentives and rewards are correlated with
employee engagement, to ascertaining the association between job designing and employee
engagement, examining how career development is correlated with employee engagement. A
quantitative survey was carried with 200 staff and managers of four mining companies in
Zimbabwe. A simple random technique was used to select 200 staff and managers. Primary
data was collected using a structured questionnaire. A total of 150 questionnaires were returned
for analysis achieving a response rate of 75%. A questionnaire was reliable at 0.946 Cronbach
alpha value. With the aid of SPSS, mean scores and correlations analysis were used to
determine the relationship between the independent and the dependent variables. The research
found that there is positive and significant relationship between the independent variables
(employee participation and involvement, leadership, compensation and rewards, job
designing, career development and employee engagement. Employees in the four mines in the
mining industry of Zimbabwe were comfortable to share their ideas and employee ideas are
incorporated. Leadership is a success factor affecting engagement levels, employees in the
mining sector are more engaged when they are rewarded and recognized. Employees prefer
jobs that are interesting and challenging, attractive and meaningful. The mining industry
provides training and career development for its employees. In order to improve employee
engagement in the mining sector government must regulate mining companies to reinforce
safety issues for employees to work without fear of any harm. The industry may introduce
performance related pay based when meeting targets, surpassing targets or exceptional
performance. The study was purely quantitative, other studies can employ qualitative research
on the same topic to improve the results of the research. Further research can be carried out to
identify other success factors that contribute to engagement levels. | en_ZW |
