Impact of Succession Planning on Employee Engagement in Telecommunication Sector in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Succession Planning on Employee Engagement in Telecom Sector. The paper provides an overview of the Impact of Succession Planning on Employee Engagement in Telecom Sector, for those academics researching in this area, with specific attention given to the role of Talent management in current global environment. For this purpose proposed, 300 questionnaires were distributed manually in the head offices and franchises of five different Telecom companies of Rawalpindi/ Islamabad; only 250 were returned back. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between effective succession planning and employee engagement. The key findings emerging from this literature review focused on effective Succession Planning, which will help in developing effective leadership and the role of that leadership as the most important enabler of employee engagement to the job, organization and teams, specifically in telecom sector.

Keywords: Succession Planning, Employee Engagement, Employee Job Engagement, Employee Organizational Engagement, Telecommunication