Human Resource Management–Performance Research: Understanding of Employee Involvement

Employee involvement has been considered an important element in human resource management- performance research but the approach towards the concept has been varied, be in the conceptualization, definition, implementation and the overall understanding of the concept. This paper has tried to look at the dual nature and the important dimensions of employee involvement from the literature available and strongly suggests a consensus of a more unilateral view of involvement that is both philosophical and structural in nature. Employee involvement can be best understood in a contextual setting, thus providing a framework that incorporates the philosophical and technological aspects of involvement that are interactive and intertwined in the organizational structure and culture. This kind of framework provides a model for both the researchers and organizational practitioners to implement employee involvement strategies and interventions to maximize performance output of both the employees and the organization.