Topic Chosen for the essay What factors contributes to employee engagement and how HR can take a strategic role in enhancing employee engagement? Introduction There are several factors which lead to the employee engagement and some of the key factors include career development opportunities, fair pay structure, flexibility, adopting learning culture, cultural diversity, transparency & honesty, autonomy, inspiration, communication, employee recognition and working relationship with manager. Background The topic of employee engagement has remained point of debate and numerous researches in recent time wherein this phenomenon leads to the various issues for the organization such as employee turnover rate, absenteeism and non-dedicated workforce etc. Impact of concept of selected topic The selected topic can heavily impact the organization by offering highly dedicated manpower for the organization. Engaged employees are really an asset to the organization and can help the organization to ensure success in long term efforts of the company. Relevant theories and models One of the important models of employee engagement is Job Demands-Resource model or popularly known as the JD-R model of employee engagement. This model was devised by Bakker and Demerouti (2007) and talks about the employee burnout, engagement and organizational performance. Another model of employee engagement is Dubin’s method of employee engagement which talks about the employee engagement through step of processes such as designing job characteristics, employer-employee relationship and others. This model helps in predicting the impact of each factor on organizational performance. Relevant journal articles Some of the related articles which are of prime importance for the current topic can be given as under Shuck, B., Rocco, T. S., & Albornoz, C. A. (2010). Exploring employee engagement from the employee perspective: Implications for HRD. Journal of European Industrial Training, 35(4), 300-325. Simpson, M. R. (2009). Engagement at work: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(7), 1012-1024. Soane, E., Truss, C., Alfes, K., Shantz, A., Rees, C., & Gatenby, M. (2012). Development and application of a new measure of employee engagement: the ISA Engagement Scale. Human Resource Development International, 15(5), 529-547. doi: 10.1080/13678868.2012.726542