Happy Employees Equal Bigger Bottom Line
This fall, Cheri Young and a group of students will survey more than 30,000 Harrah’s employees to determine what factors help employees feel engaged in their jobs.
When you enjoy your work, you want to work harder and feel better about your organization. Young and her team are studying the correlation between employee engagement and personal growth. Her research is funded by part of a $30 million gift from the Harrah’s Foundation.
Young, a professor in the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, teaches an organizational behavior course from a positive psychology perspective and helps future managers understand how to create an environment where employees thrive.
Being Engaged
Young and her students will try to find out how employee engagement and personal growth are related, and will also look at what other factors contribute to employee engagement. "We will look at how work helps people grow not only professionally, but personally," she said.
The partnership between Harrah’s and UNLV is unique. It’s difficult to find a company that is willing to provide both the money and access to employees, Young said.
The results will be beneficial for many companies. Knowing how to engage employees can help companies increase productivity, improve both employee and customer retention, and bring other positive impacts to the organization.
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