Psychological Climate and Workplace Gamification: Key predictors of Employee Engagement

Shruti Singh; Rekha Prasad

Shruti Singh Research Scholar, Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University
Rekha Prasad Professor, Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University

Keywords: Employee engagement, psychological climate and workplace gamification

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of psychological climate and workplace gamification as determinants in
predicting employee engagement. An empirical research was conducted with 320 respondents from private
banking sector in India. The data was collected through self administered Google doc form and was
analyzed through structural modeling(SEM) which is a measurable procedure for evaluating and testing
relation among variables by a blend of measurable statistical data and subjective causal presumptions. SEM
is an extremely common, linear, principally cross-sectional measurable displaying technique. The findings
of the results confirmed that psychological climate and workplace gamification positively and significantly
predict employee engagement. Psychological climate and workplace gamification explain 40% of the
variance concerning employee engagement. The practical significance of the study is of most extreme
significance for private banking sector confronting high pressure workload and disengagement. This study
explored the relationship among employee engagement, psychological climate and workplace gamification
which hasn't done on a theoretical and empirical basis in the Indian context.