International Journal of Business Management & Research - Volumes & Issues - Volume 15: June 2025, Issue 1

An Analytical Study On The Role Of Diversity And Inclusion Towards Employee Engagement In Engineering Sector, Chennai City Corporation.

  • Published: July 2025
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Authors

Dr. R. Dhanya and Aravind Ravi

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Keywords

Employee engagement and retention, morale, motivation, job satisfaction, job enrichment, performance management, diversity, equality and inclusion.

Abstract

Employee engagement” expresses the emotional and professional association of employees towards their organization or workplace. The more employee engagement is at limelight the more the facets of HRM gets expanded. In the recent era an added value to employee engagement is DEI- Diversity, equality and inclusion. The centre of interest of this research work is to demonstrate that diversity and inclusion in the field of HR have a greater impact towards employee engagement. A quantitative descriptive, non-probability sampling research design was incorporated for the purpose of obtaining information. This was undertaken using primary and secondary data. 150 individual employees from engineering industry belonging to private sector were surveyed for the purpose of data analysis and interpretation. Demographic aspect such as age, experience, education, designation and the like were considered which were notable dimensions of “Diversity”. A questionnaire with Likert five point scale was designed and distributed to proceed with the survey. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 20.0 was used to probe into conclusion. The statistical tools in particular mean, standard deviation were used. Inter Correlation Analysis, Hypothesis Test Summary, Chi Square Test, Multivariate Analysis, Linear Modeling Radial Basis Function were also employed to grasp the findings of the study. The study revealed that there exist a chief union between the diversity and inclusion towards employee engagement. The study concluded that when the employees realize that they are valued and heard their productivity amplifies augmenting their engagement level.

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International Journal of Business Management & Research

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2249-2143

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