Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 25th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview VII. Public Administration Education Author(s) Daiga Ergle University of Latvia Riga Latvia Vorontchuk Inesa, Title Solving Employee Engagement Puzzle for Public Administration Education Organizations – Individual Personality Traits Associated with High Engagement File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Daiga Ergle Abstract During the last five years or so consultants, researchers and Human Resources Management professionals around the globe have been trying to solve the puzzle of employee engagement. According to research (Gallup, etc.), both, public and private sector organizations that report higher employee engagement levels, achieve by far better results. Vast number of sources (Gallup, TNS, Bersin by Deloitte and many others) quote global average engagement level as low as 13%. Organizations spend millions each year on trying to understand secrets for higher employee engagement and on investments in work environment improvements to achieve it. However, one important element in this equation is frequently forgotten – personality of individual employee. Within the given paper Authors intend to answer the question whether a correlation between certain character traits and individual employee’s engagement exists. The goal of this paper is to find scientific research based evidence that proves or disapproves such correlation and in case of positive conclusion, to draw the list of specific character traits associated with high engagement that can be successfully used to perform more efficient recruitment for Public Administration Education Organizations.
