The theme of employee engagement has generated a great deal of attention among human resource practitioners across the globe. Companies are increasingly focusing on means of creating and leveraging levels of employee engagement. Employee engagement was experimentally determined to be a key forecaster of desirable organizational outcomes such as customer satisfaction, retention, productivity and profitability. Research studies have suggested that high-performance work practices can help to develop positive beliefs and mind-set associated with employee engagement. These practices can, therefore, generate the kinds of discretionary behaviours that lead to enhanced performance. The present research attempts to analyse the relationship between high performance work practices, employee engagement and turnover intentions for public sector units (PSUs) in Delhi and NCR. The research is exploratory in nature and was conducted on the basis of self-completed questionnaires and relevant secondary sources. Keywords: ability, employee engagement, high performance work practices, motivation, opportunity to participate, turnover intentions