Purpose: The construct of engagement appears in public relations as a new paradigm within which organizations try to integrate, communicate and cooperate with their stakeholders, whereby employee engagement was highlighted as an element that brings competitive advantage to organizations. This paper investigated the extent to which the topic of engagement is represented in scientific, professional and qualification papers published in the period from 2000 to 2022 in the Croatian language, with special reference to research on employee engagement in the field of public relations industry. Methodology: This paper uses a qualitative methodology on a descriptive level, where the method of qualitative meta-synthesis is applied. In accordance with the literature and the designed research plan, a purposive sampling of published papers (n=1479) was carried out. Searching of papers was done manually, using the Google platform and the corresponding websites of the selected sources/databases. The sampling strategy of the identified set of analysis units (N=88) was based on previously defined criteria. Results: The obtained results showed that the published papers in the Croatian language in the analyzed period of the past 22 years use a qualitative, quantitative and mixed methodological approach; how they cover the topic of the general construct of empoloyee engagement (N=53) as well as the contexts of engagement in the field of public relations (N=35), namely: social media and online engagement, corporate social responsibility and engagement and dialogic engagement. The results further indicate that in the analyzed period of time, there are no published works in the Croatian language within the context of public relations that relate to employee engagement and civic engagement and social capital, which represents a large vacuum in scientific and professional production, and a significant lack of research focus at the national level, which does not contribute to the establishment of the public relations industry as an independent and innovative scientific discipline. Contribution of the paper: Systematic research of this kind was conducted for the first time on a deliberate sample of the Croatian corpus of papers on the topic of the construct of engagement, and in particular, in the contextual framework of engagement in the field of public relations. The obtained results contribute to a deeper insight into the knowledge gathered at the global level, therefore they can serve as a quality basis and recommendation for further research in this area.