Antecedents of Employees Work Engagement

This study aimed to investigate the antecedents influencing employees¿ engagement at universities in Amhar Reginal state Ethiopia. The study used descriptive and explanatory research designs. A total of 320 academics staffs were taken from ten Amhara Reginal State public Universities as a sample and 282 valid questionnaires collected. Convenience and snowball sampling were used to select the employees from each University. Also, cross sectional survey method applied to collect data via Likert scale questionnaire. Correlation and multiple regression modeling were used to appraisal association and predict the relationships. Initially, a pilot test was a sampled of 30 instructors to check data scale reliability. The study found that all the independent variables (work environment, leadership, reward, organizational support, work motivation) variables had statistically significant correlation with employees¿ engagement. Moreover the study founded that all the studied variables were predictors of workers engagement(R2= 0.668); but the predictors that had foremost influence were working environment, leadership and work motivation.