Employee surveys

Mexico tops worker productivity study

Mexico has the most productive workforce, as measured by time on task, according to research by the iOpener Institute for People and Performance.

Workplace pride continues to rise, report finds

UK workers are reporting the highest levels of pride in their jobs this year, as they continue to "battle austerity blues", research published today by recruitment solutions provider Hyphen, has...

Workplace harassment on the increase, says XpertHR

Workplace harassment is not a thing of the past and is on the rise, according to an XpertHR survey.

Gender pay gap falls to 9.6%, says ONS

The pay gap between men and women has shrunk from 10.5% of men's full-time hourly earnings to 9.6%.

Lack of skills holding people back from pursuing a job in technology, says hotels.com

Over 1 in 4 adults wish they had chosen a career in technology but a lack of skills is holding them back, according to research published today by hotels.com.

Customer service ethos leaves many UK employees unmoved

Research findings released by mobile workforce management firm Cognito show that 44% of service organisations believe as many as 50% of employees are not motivated by and nor have they bought into the...

Am I bothered? Unhappy workers biding their time, survey finds

Senior global managers may only be biding their time in their existing firms until better opportunities come along, a study published today by global consulting firm BlessingWhite has found.

Employees' pride in their organisations drops 10% since January, reports Hyphen

Only two fifths of employees are proud to work for their organisations, according to research from Hyphen, the recruitment solutions provider; declining from nearly half at the start of the year.

The future of employee engagement surveys

How many companies currently running an employee engagement survey can honestly say that it is making a difference to the strategic direction of the business? Not many, I’ll bet.

Olympics does little to reverse low workforce morale, reveals Lane4

A barometer released this morning reveals the detrimental impact the ongoing uncertainty in the economic climate is having on the UK workforce, as more than half (52%) of respondents say they have not...

Employee engagement levels improve around the world, finds Aon Hewitt study of 3,100 employers

After years of declining employee engagement levels around the world, an analysis from by Aon Hewitt, showed a positive global shift in engagement— or emotional and intellectual involvement in the...

Engagement surveys can mask the true nature of staff motivation, according to the CIPD and Kingston Business School

High levels of engagement could be damaging for organisations and their employees if one-dimensional engagement surveys mask the types of engagement at play within an organisation, according to the...