| Sumario: | Low levels of employee engagement in organizations have been recognized globally as one of the biggest challenges for workplaces, currently resulting in billon of dollars in lost productivity. Leaders and decision makers would be in a much stronger position in devising strategies to engage with this challenge, if they understand the associations between the antecedents and employee engagement. Leadership is related to engagement and personality drives leadership. Prior research suggests that leader's personality plays a major role in increasing or inhibiting employee's engagement. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of leadership personality traits on employee engagement in the telecommunication companies (Telcos) of Pakistan. A quantitative, hypothesis testing, cross sectional, survey research method was used to achieve the objectives of this study. To select the sample for this study, a simple random sampling technique was utilized. Findings of this study add to the existing understanding of the impact of leadership personality traits on employee engagement, which will facilitate organizations in devising their employee engagement strategy to enhance overall effectiveness.
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