Title: Impact of workplace happiness on employee engagement: a comparative study of IT and non-IT sector employees

Authors: Sana Vakeel; Sunita Shukla; Vikas Singh

Addresses: Department of MBA, ITS Engineering College, Greater Noida, India ' Department of MBA, ITS Engineering College, Greater Noida, India ' ITS – The Education Group, Greater Noida, India

Abstract: Being happy at the workplace is all about enjoying what employees do and admire where they work. Workplace happiness not only yields positive results for an employee but also for the organisation in which one works. Since employees spend much of their lives at the workplace, it is crucial to understand the impact of workplace happiness on various factors such as job satisfaction, employee engagement and effective organisational commitment. The current study examined the impact of workplace happiness on employee engagement for employees working in the IT and non-IT sectors in Delhi-NCR, India. Regression analysis result shows that 22.7% of the variation in the employee engagement is explained by workplace happiness. The impact of workplace happiness on employee engagement was found to be almost similar in IT and non-IT sector employees. The study uses Karl Pearson's correlation and regression analysis for data analysis.

Keywords: workplace happiness; employee engagement; job satisfaction; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2023.135031

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2023 Vol.12 No.4, pp.482 - 496

Received: 07 Feb 2020
Accepted: 21 Jun 2020
Published online: 28 Nov 2023 *

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