Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of organizational culture and career development on employee engagement. Organizational culture, career development and employee engagement were assessed in an empirical study  based on a sample of 138 permanent staff employees working at PT Lim Siang Huat as a beverage distributor company in Indonesia. The data gathered using a printed questionnaire was analyzed through path analysis methods. The finding research shows there are positive direct effect among organizational culture to employee engagement, career development to employee engagement, organizational culture to career development and positive indirect effect of organizational culture to employee engagement through the mediating role of career development.  The implications of the research is of utmost importance for PT Lim Siang Huat facing high voluntary turn over and high absenteeism rate in recent times. Organizational culture contribute to career development and employee engagement. Imparting organizational culture improvement can help to strengthen the employee engagament through career development.  This study explores the effect of organizational culture on employee engagement through the mediating role of career development which has not been explored theoretically and tested empirically at a beverage distributor company in Indonesia.