Title: Employee engagement: a comparative study of family and non-family businesses

Authors: Emil Knezovic; Ramo Palalic; Azra Bico; Arnela Dilovic

Addresses: Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ' Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ' Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ' Faculty of Business and Administration, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyse the antecedents of employee engagement in family and non-family businesses by using the model developed by Saks (2006). Further, the study examines whether there is a difference in employee engagement between employees in family and non-family firms. A quantitative study is applied through cross-sectional survey method by using online questionnaire for data collection. The final sample consists of 126 participants out of which 68 were employees in family businesses and 58 in non-family businesses. The results gave little support for both hypotheses. The partial support was found in the model of antecedents of employee engagement while no support was found for the difference in employee engagement when it comes to comparison between employees in family and non-family businesses.

Keywords: employee engagement; family business; non-family business.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTIS.2018.091626

International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems, 2018 Vol.6 No.2, pp.156 - 172

Received: 26 Oct 2017
Accepted: 16 Dec 2017
Published online: 08 May 2018 *

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