Psychological Capital and Employee Engagement Among Building Material Retailers

Abstract

The goal of the study was to identify the significant relationship between psychological capital and employee engagement among building material retailers. The study was conducted on 100 retail store managers, managing the retail stores from different districts of Kerala. The analysis of data was done using correlation and independent sample t test. The results of the study indicated that there is high positive correlation between psychological capital and employee engagement whereas there is a moderate positive relationship between the subscales of psychological capital – hope, self-efficacy, resilience and optimism towards employee engagement. Also, there is a significant difference in employee engagement based on age, marital status and work experience.