www.iaset.us editor@iaset.us A STUDY ON MEASURING FACULTY ENGAGEMENT OF COLLEGE TEACHERS IN TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT L. Kavitha 1 & O.T.V. Latasri 2 1 Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Shrimati IndiraGandhi College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India ABSTRACT College Teachers are the most important group of professionals for our nation’s future. Measuring teachers’ work engagement without capturing social engagement with students ignores one of the most important aspects of teacher engagement. This study was conducted among Teaching Faculty members of Arts and Science Colleges in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu. The challenge today is not just retaining talented people, but fully engaging them, capturing their minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives. This article focuses on studying the level of engagement possessed by Faculty members of Arts & Science Colleges in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, and India. Employee engagement, also called worker engagement, is a business management concept. An "engaged employee" is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work, and thus will act in a way that further their organization’s interests. KEYWORDS: Employee Engagement, College Teachers, Objectives INTRODUCTION Employee engagement is defined as the commitment to and passion for one’s work and role within a company. Engagement, as opposed to the satisfaction, translates directly into discretionary effort-the willingness to do more than only meet job requirements and customer needs. Employee engagement is the extent to which employees are motivated to contribute to business success, and are willing to apply discretionary effort to accomplishing tasks important to the achievement of stated business goals. An engaged faculty will show a high degree of commitment and involvement in the profession. For him/her, teaching is more of a commitment than compliance. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The reason why employee engagement is so important to companies is that there is a host of benefits associated with high employee engagement. For example, engaged employees are more likely to volunteer their time and services for the company beyond the call of their job descriptions. They are also less likely to quit, fail to show up to work, or take sick days. Engaged employees tend to be more productive (though engagement does not necessarily because productivity, as there are many factors that relate to productivity, such as availability of resources). They also tend to produce higher-quality work. The important thing to be noticed here is where this commitment and involvement of a faculty reflect International Journal of Business and General Management (IJBGM) ISSN(P): 2319-2267; ISSN(E): 2319-2275 Vol. 6, Issue 5, Aug - Sep 2017; 33-38 © IASET