The Influence of Work-Related Supports on Employee Engagement in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Thailand

Abstract

Pimploi Tirastittam, Patsara Sirikamonsin, Hang Li, Aongart Aun-a-nan.

The employee at the workplace is not fully dedicated or engaged in their work due to two crucial reasons less commitment toward the organization and lack of motivation. Job satisfaction is simply a transactional or superficial situation for staff, employee engagement, on the other hand, demonstrate staff's intensive relation with the employer which inclined to achieve employer's objective. This study aims to investigate some of the influential factors that affect employee to engage at work. More specifically, the effects of work-related support and human resources practice on employee engagement in the Thailand pharmaceutical industry. A total of 370 questionnaires were distributed by the researchers themselves through the internal organizational distribution system. After data collection, 350 questionnaires were received and after screening 339 data used for the analysis of the study. The results showed that work-related support such as supervisor support, organisational support, co-worker support, and social support significant related to employee engagement. These findings corroborated those of previous studies.