Though Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are engines of growth, due to multiple reasons they are low in adoption of digitalization and technology. This paper seeks to provide a framework to prioritize the factors/dynamics towards adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT). Through review of literature and applying Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), relevant factors have been chalked out and arranged in terms of priority. The findings indicate SMEs adopt ICT to have a relative advantage over competitors. Affordability, ease of use, value creation and productivity are top priority reasons. Profitability and top management support are other prime factors that stimulate ICT adoption. Other relevant factors include technological self-efficacy and personal characteristics of entrepreneurs.

Career maximizing is the extent to which a person desires to make career decisions in pursuit of maximizing goals. It is now receiving widespread academic and research interest from various quarters. Since a career is a process wherein individuals narrow down their life choices, to create and find their self, it is of paramount importance. Employee engagement is an affective cognitive state at workplace, which is persistent and pervasive in nature. It is capable of enhancing employee empowerment, and reducing workplace deviance and turnover intentions. The study identified the relationship between career maximization and employee engagement. It was found that the two variables were having significant positive relationship. No significant difference was found in the gender wise analysis of the two constructs. The study has brought out significant addition to management literature as no earlier studies have been done to identify the relationships.

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