Organizational Culture As A Predictor Of Employee Engagement: A Systematic Literature review
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Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement, Systematic Literature ReviewAbstract
employee engagement through a systematic literature review (SLR) approach. The review process was conducted according to PRISMA standards by searching the Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar databases for the period 2000-2024. Of the 2,104 identified articles, a stepwise selection resulted in 34 articles that met the quality criteria for analysis. The synthesis results indicate that organizational culture consistently has a positive effect on employee engagement, particularly through the dimensions of commitment, consistency, adaptability, and mission, as explained in the Denison model, the most dominant theory in the reviewed studies. The findings also showed that the most frequently used engagement theories are Kahn's theory and the JD-R model, with psychological safety, job resources, trust in leadership, and organizational commitment as the most common mediating factors. This study concludes that organizational culture is a strong predictor of employee engagement, but that research gaps remain due to the lack of longitudinal studies, the limited research in the public sector in developing countries, and the limited exploration of digital culture as a contextual variable. These findings are expected to enhance the development of theory and practice in human resource management in creating an organizational culture that can enhance employee engagement.
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