The concept of employee engagement in human resources management has gained significant attention in recent years. To improve employees’ and organizational performance, it is essential to understand the employee engagement concept better. This concept is popular among business practitioners and in academic literature. There is significant literature review supporting the importance of employee engagement, but so far only a few empirical researches on the antecedents and consequences of employee engagement have been done. The purpose of this study is to undertake systematic literature review of employee engagement. The review focuses on the antecedents and consequences of employee engagement. The findings of this review will be a roadmap for future research in employee engagement. This study reviewed 65 empirical papers. The practical implication of this review paper is that it would be looked at as directions for organizations to understand why an employee is moving slow and which is the fastest. It would also serve as an indication to know which factor contributes industry-wise and country-wise.