According to Wiley (2009:58), research has shown that higher employee engagement is associated with gains in employee retention and performance, customer service and satisfaction and business performance. Pollitt (2005:25) found that environments that foster inclusion (of which equity is a large part) were found to:
• Promote innovation
• Create a safer work environment
• Drive employee engagement, commitment, and pride
• Positively impact customer satisfaction
• Benefit financial performance
2.3.2 Engagement measurement
According to Schneider et al. (2009:23), the most common measure of employee engagement used by companies contains four traditional survey items, namely:
- Category
- Sample Category #1