Latest research on Employee Engagement
Research on employee engagement strategies, measurement, drivers, and their impact on organizational performance.
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS
- Engagement is driven primarily by the direct manager relationship, role clarity, and a sense of growth -- not perks or compensation alone.
- Organizations that act visibly on survey results within 60 days see significantly higher engagement scores in the following cycle.
- Engagement and wellbeing are distinct constructs; high engagement without wellbeing support leads to burnout, not sustained performance.
COMMON MISTAKES
- Running annual engagement surveys but failing to close the loop with visible action, eroding trust in the process.
- Conflating engagement with satisfaction -- a satisfied employee is not necessarily a productive or committed one.
- Placing engagement ownership entirely on the people team instead of equipping managers to own it at the team level.
What’s Wrong with Annual Reviews – and 6 Tips to Improve Them
This article addresses the widespread dissatisfaction with annual performance reviews and proposes six practitioner strategies for improving performance…
Employee Engagement: Soccer and the Power of Culture, Belonging - Mexico Business News
This article examines the concept of employee engagement through the lens of soccer fan culture, arguing that conventional corporate engagement strategies —…
How employers can manage employee retention, engagement during talent shortage - Benefits Canada.com
This article addresses the challenge of employee retention and engagement amid a growing talent shortage in Canada. The author conveys the perspective of…
What Your Disconnected People Data Is Really Costing You—And What Changes When It Connects
This article addresses the operational and financial consequences of fragmented HR technology ecosystems, where engagement, performance, recognition,…
Enhancing mental toughness among healthcare leaders to support employee engagement
This article addresses whether participation in a structured mental toughness (MT) intervention is associated with improved employee engagement among senior…
Understanding the effects of employee recognition at every level of your organization
This article, published by Achievers — a recognition and rewards software vendor — examines the effects of employee recognition across four organizational…
23 employee engagement survey questions every HR leader should ask
This article, published by Achievers, addresses the challenge of employee disengagement and positions employee engagement surveys as a primary diagnostic tool…
25 ideas for employee recognition awards
This article, published by Achievers (a recognition software vendor), addresses the problem of insufficient employee recognition in organizations and proposes…
Conflict-intelligent leadership in a messy, anxious world: Development and validation of a multidimensional assessment of leaders' conflict capacities
This article addresses the absence of a validated measurement instrument for conflict-intelligent leadership (CIQ-L), defined as a leader's capacity to engage…
Telus expands employee volunteer initiative amid growing focus on engagement, workplace culture - Benefits Canada.com
This article examines how Telus Communications Inc. has structured and expanded its corporate employee volunteer initiative as a strategic lever for improving…
How Workday Recognition provided by Achievers creates a complete intelligence layer for AI‑driven decisions
This article addresses the perceived gap between traditional HR systems of record and the need for real-time behavioral workforce data to inform AI-driven…
How learning can compete in the attention economy - HR Magazine
This article addresses the challenge of low employee engagement with corporate learning and development programmes in an era dominated by highly optimised…
Employee Retention Helped by Health Care Outsourcing, Workplace Culture - gritdaily.com
This article addresses the challenge of employee retention across industries, framing it as a multifaceted business problem with financial, operational, and…
4 ways leaders can stop dreading performance reviews - SmartBrief
This article addresses the widespread distrust and ineffectiveness of annual performance reviews in organizational settings. The author argues that the…
9 Best Performance Management Tools That Turn Annual Reviews Into Real-Time Growth Dialogues - Technology Org
This article addresses the perceived decline of annual performance reviews and argues for the adoption of continuous performance management (CPM) tools. The…
Aprecomm Appoints Sapna Gopinath Kizhekkeveettil as Global CHRO to Strengthen Employee Engagement and Retention - TheWire.in
This article addresses the appointment of Sapna Gopinath Kizhekkeveettil as Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Aprecomm, an AI-driven network and customer…
ServiceNow Bets Big on Enterprise AI With Vision of Managing Everything
This article examines ServiceNow's suite of enterprise AI announcements, framed around the company's stated goal of doubling revenue to $30 billion within four…
Job Performance Reviews Are Outdated and Often Pointless - FlaglerLive
This article addresses the persistent use of annual individual performance reviews despite substantial evidence of their ineffectiveness. The authors — both…
10 Employee Incentive Programs to Motivate & Engage
This article addresses the design and implementation of employee incentive programs, arguing that many organizations fail not because incentives are…
Talent management system: build a people strategy powerhouse
This article, published by Leapsome, addresses the challenge HR teams face in translating people strategy into measurable business outcomes. The authors argue…
Employee rewards and recognition programs guide
This article, published by Achievers, a commercial employee recognition platform provider, addresses the design and implementation of employee rewards and…
Collecting Employee Feedback at Scale: Best Practices to Follow
This article addresses the challenge organizations face in systematically collecting employee feedback as they grow beyond informal communication structures.…
7 examples of impactful employee recognition programs
This article from Achievers, a commercial employee recognition platform vendor, examines seven customer case studies to illustrate how structured recognition…
8 proven strategies to improve employee motivation at work
This article addresses the challenge of maintaining employee motivation in mid-market organizations with limited resources and lean teams. The author argues…
Employee Engagement Speaker: What to Know Before You Book - Adam Mendler
This article, authored by Adam Mendler, a professional keynote speaker and founder of Thirty Minute Mentors, addresses the topic of employee engagement and the…
UK financial year end exposes rise in false retention as ‘job hugging’ hides an emerging engagement problem - The HR Director
This article addresses the phenomenon of 'false retention' in UK workplaces, wherein employees remain in roles due to labour market caution rather than genuine…
Leveraging Pulse Surveys for Predictive Engagement Insights
This article addresses the challenge of measuring employee engagement beyond traditional annual surveys by advocating for pulse surveys as a real-time feedback…
AI Performance Management: Leverage It for Team Success
This article, published by Leapsome, addresses the integration of artificial intelligence into performance management systems. The author argues that AI can…
25 employee incentive programs to engage your team
This article, published by Achievers, addresses the problem of employee disengagement and its financial consequences, citing an estimated $1.9 trillion annual…
My first performance review after maternity leave was disappointing. It was difficult to be a great mom and a great employee. - AOL.com
This article addresses the intersection of postpartum recovery, workplace re-entry, and performance evaluation in the United States. The author, a working…
What is workplace culture? What it means and why it matters for you - USA Today
This article examines workplace culture as the lived experience of organizational operations rather than stated values. The author argues that culture…
How Pennrose Cut Their Performance Cycle Time in Half with 15Five
This article addresses the performance management challenges faced by Pennrose, an affordable real estate development and property management company with…
25 ideas for employee recognition awards
This article, published by Achievers, addresses the perceived gap between employee recognition frequency and employee expectations in contemporary…
The advantages and disadvantages of employee voice: From silence to strategy
This article, published by Achievers, addresses the organizational value and risks of employee voice programs — defined as structured mechanisms for collecting…
Commentary: Job performance reviews are outdated and often pointless – so why keep using them? - CNA
This commentary discusses the persistence of outdated job performance review processes despite their known limitations. Researchers argue that these systems…
Job performance reviews are outdated and often pointless. Why do we still use them?
This article addresses the persistent use of traditional annual performance review systems despite substantial evidence of their ineffectiveness. The authors…
How to build an employee recognition program
This article addresses the challenge of designing, launching, and sustaining employee recognition programs within organizations. Authored by Achievers, a…
93% of workforce at India’s GCCs is Gen Z and millennial: Report - ETHRWorld.com
This article reports findings from a Great Place To Work India study examining workforce composition, employee experience, and growth trajectory of Global…
How Fintech PEX Improved Manager Effectiveness with 15Five
This article addresses the performance management challenges faced by PEX, a fintech expense management company, as it scaled its workforce. Authored and…
Research Reveals the Employee Engagement Trends HR Can’t Ignore in 2026 - UC Today
This article addresses the challenge of declining employee engagement and rising workforce instability as organisations approach 2026. The author synthesises…
The World of Corporate Training Lurches Toward Enablement
This article addresses the rapid transformation of corporate learning and development (L&D) from traditional training and credentialization toward what the…
How Psychological Safety in the Workplace Affects Employee Engagement
This article, published by performance management software vendor 15Five, examines the relationship between psychological safety and employee engagement in the…
Performance Management Trends to Watch in 2026
This article, published by HR software vendor 15Five, addresses the evolving landscape of performance management as organisations move into 2026. The central…
15Five’s Guide to Goal Setting
This article addresses the challenge of effective workforce goal setting and its connection to employee engagement, retention, and productivity. Produced by…
15Five vs. Culture Amp: Where 15Five Is the Stronger Fit
This article addresses the decision-making challenge HR leaders face when selecting a performance management platform, specifically comparing 15Five and…
7 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your HRIS
This article, published by 15Five, addresses the limitations of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) as organizations scale beyond their foundational HR…
McKinsey’s State of Organizations 2026: 75% fail to build high-performance cultures
This article summarises findings from McKinsey's State of Organizations 2026 report, a global survey of 10,000 senior executives examining barriers to…
The evolving HR agenda in the GCC: A conversation with Mohammad Abu Al-Rob - Consultancy-me.com
This article addresses the evolving human capital agenda facing HR leaders across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), framed through a practitioner interview…
How to Build a High Performing Team + Tips
This article from Quantum Workplace addresses the question of what distinguishes high-performing teams and how organizations can build them. The authors argue…
The shift from performance management to performance development - talentcanada.ca
This article, authored by Devin Partida and published on Talent Canada in February 2026, addresses the growing dissatisfaction among Canadian organizations…
Gulf employers responding to accelerating shifts in talent and workforce dynamics - Consultancy-me.com
This article summarizes findings from a 2025 Procapita Group report examining HR and workforce trends across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The central…
Beyond Employee Engagement Trends: Unlocking Potential
This article addresses a perceived gap between surface-level employee engagement metrics and deeper organizational health signals in 2026. Authored by Quantum…
Why employee engagement starts with a culture of genuine support - hrleader.com.au
This article, authored by Cassandra Eastham, Head of People and Culture at Blue Connections IT, addresses the persistent misunderstanding organisations have…
Performance Reviews: HR Leader Tips and Best Practices
This article, published by Quantum Workplace, addresses the perceived shortcomings of traditional annual performance reviews and presents a practitioner…
Performance Management Cycle Defined + Tips
This article addresses the design and implementation of an effective performance management cycle (PMC), arguing that organizations benefit from transitioning…
Performance Management Framework: How to Build One That Works
This article, published by Quantum Workplace and updated January 2026, addresses how organizations can design and implement an effective performance management…
“Engagement That Rocks” reveals the amplifier behind culture, retention, guest loyalty - fastcasual.com
This article addresses employee engagement in the fast-casual restaurant segment, arguing that engagement functions as a primary differentiator for culture,…
Personalized AI for workplace health promotion: performance management and healthcare worker engagement through digital analytics - Frontiers
This scoping review systematically maps peer-reviewed evidence on AI-based digital technologies used for workplace health promotion and performance management…
Turbocharging HR: Improving performance management with AI - wtwco.com
This article addresses the renewed organisational interest in performance management and the emerging role of artificial intelligence in modernising the…
Global Survey Reveals Workplace Culture Gulf Between Execs and Employees - UC Today
This article reports findings from DHR Global's second annual Workforce Trends Report, based on a survey of 1,500 corporate professionals across North America,…
Golden Handcuffs: A Judas Problem in Talent Retention? - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle, examines the concept of 'golden handcuffs' — financial retention mechanisms such as stock options, RSUs, retention…
Best (work) friends: Weighing the worth of workplace besties - HR Magazine
This article, published in HR Magazine's November/December 2025 edition, addresses the growing crisis of workplace loneliness and its implications for employee…
5 Tricky Problems with Performance Reviews: How to Fix Them Now - HRMorning
This practitioner-oriented article from HRMorning addresses five widely recognised problems with traditional annual performance reviews: infrequent cadence,…
CIOs take note: talent will walk without real training and leadership - cio.com
This article addresses the persistent challenge of attracting, developing, and retaining IT talent, with a focus on the Italian market and broader…
Appreciation and recognition crucial for retention, report finds | Human Resources Director - hcamag.com
This article reports on findings from the Achievers Workforce Institute (AWI), a research body affiliated with the recognition platform vendor Achievers,…
Recognition, employee connections driving retention risks for 2026: report - Benefits Canada.com
This article reports on findings from the Achievers Workforce Institute's 2025 workforce survey, addressing employee recognition, engagement, and retention…
Workforce Trends 2026: Leaders Confront Burnout, Disengagement, and AI-Driven Change - Hunt Scanlon Media
This article reports on DHR Global's second annual Workforce Trends Report, examining the state of employee engagement, burnout, and AI adoption as…
3 ways to bring balance to employee goal setting in 2026 - HR Executive
This article addresses the importance of performance goals in building talent, adapting to change, and employee wellbeing. It presents data from a broader…
The Emotional Recession: global declines in emotional intelligence and its impact on organizational retention, burnout, and workforce resilience - Frontiers
This study investigates longitudinal changes in emotional intelligence (EQ) from 2019 to 2024 in response to the psychological disruptions triggered by the…
Aligning hiring and retention strategies with today's work culture - Employee Benefit News
This article addresses the challenge employers face in attracting and retaining talent amid evolving employee expectations, particularly among younger…
Job hugging: Why employees are clinging to their jobs - Culture Amp
This article, published by Culture Amp's Senior Content Marketing Manager, examines the emerging workplace phenomenon termed 'job hugging' — a behavioral trend…
Company culture: Everything HR needs to know - Culture Amp
This comprehensive guide addresses the challenge of understanding, measuring, and improving company culture in organizations. Culture Amp presents culture as…
Bunzl Canada strengthening workplace culture, employee engagement with paid volunteer days - Benefits Canada.com
This article profiles Bunzl Canada Inc.'s paid volunteer days program as a mechanism for strengthening employee engagement and workplace culture. The company's…
Pay + Culture: The Two Keys to Employee Retention Success - SUCCESS Magazine
This article addresses the question of what drives employee retention, arguing that the combination of competitive compensation and strong organizational…
Are Annual Performance Reviews Still Relevant in 2026? - ISB Executive Education
This article, authored by Hemant Kakkar, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at ISB, examines whether annual performance reviews retain utility in…
22% of employees quit within 90 days, citing poor onboarding and training: Survey - Indiatimes
This article reports on Insight Global's 2025 Employee Sentiment Report, which examines employee engagement and early attrition trends among US workers. The…
Why Family Culture is HR’s Best Retention Strategy - Human Capital Institute
This article addresses the contested concept of 'family culture' as an organizational retention and engagement strategy, arguing that its negative reputation…
Adapt your travel policies to retain Gen Z talent - HR Magazine
This article addresses the challenge of retaining Gen Z employees through adapted corporate travel policies. The author, Felicia Williams, VP of People at…
CSR programs driving engagement, retention across generations of employees: expert - Benefits Canada.com
This article addresses the growing role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs in shaping employee engagement, retention, and recruitment strategies…
Employers that foster employee belonging boosting engagement, retention, but more work to be done: survey - Benefits Canada.com
This article addresses the relationship between employee belonging and key organizational outcomes including engagement, retention, stress management, and…
Employee engagement - PepsiCo
This article is a corporate sustainability/ESG disclosure from PepsiCo describing the company's employee engagement strategy and reported outcomes for 2024.…
Employee Engagement and Happiness Crisis. What Should We Do?
This article addresses declining employee engagement and workplace happiness as reported through various surveys and reports. Bersin argues that only 21% of…
Build a culture of experimentation to attract and retain top talent - HR Magazine
This article addresses the challenge of attracting and retaining younger workers in an evolving workforce landscape. The author, Steve Hunt, Chief People…
Updated HR Research Links Effective Employee Onboarding to Engagement, Retention, and Culture: McLean & Company Resource - PR Newswire
This article addresses the persistent gap between onboarding as a brief orientation exercise and onboarding as a strategic, multi-month employee development…
Turning goals into growth: How Unilever’s Ilvan Yahdi uses OKRs to drive change
This article addresses the challenge organisations face in translating strategic intent into scalable outcomes, particularly in an era of rapid technological…
Employee engagement and recognition: A strategic tool for retention and productivity - The Business & Financial Times
This article, authored by R. Esi Asante (PhD) and published in The Business & Financial Times, examines employee engagement and recognition as strategic tools…
Penn State Human Resources shifts employee goal, performance review schedule - Penn State University
This article addresses Penn State University's decision to restructure its annual employee goal-setting and performance review cycle for University staff. The…
Top Employee Performance Metrics to Prioritize in 2026 - Workday Blog
This article, published on the Workday Blog, addresses the evolving landscape of employee performance measurement and argues that organizations must update…
Fostering Engagement Is Vital to Improving Workforce Retention - Health Leaders Media
This article addresses declining employee engagement and elevated turnover rates within the U.S. healthcare workforce, drawing on a 2024 Press Ganey report.…
Prioritizing the employee experience improves retention - National Restaurant Association
This article, published by the National Restaurant Association (NRA), addresses the persistent employee retention challenge in the restaurant industry despite…
Fostering A Strong Workplace Culture to Drive Business Growth - Hunt Scanlon Media
This article, published by Hunt Scanlon Media and drawing primarily from a Protis Global report and a TalentRise commentary, examines the relationship between…
How Online Learning Impacts Employee Engagement - HR Daily Advisor
This article addresses the relationship between online learning programs and employee engagement, arguing that accessible, flexible digital learning…
Employee engagement survey results: How to analyze, interpret, and act - Culture Amp
This Culture Amp guide addresses how organizations can effectively analyze and act on employee engagement survey results. The article argues that collecting…
To boost employee engagement in the age of burnout, focus on skills-building - HR Executive
This article addresses the decline in U.S. employee engagement, described as reaching its lowest level in a decade, and argues that skills-based learning and…
AI in HR: How is Artificial Intelligence transforming human resources? - imd.org
This article from IMD addresses the growing adoption of artificial intelligence in human resources, arguing that AI integration has moved from optional to…
The impact of recognition, fairness, and leadership on employee outcomes: A large-scale multi-group analysis
This study addresses the determinants of employee engagement, burnout, and job satisfaction among regular workers in South Korea's private and public sectors.…
Performance Management Statistics By Assessment, Employee Engagement and Facts - ElectroIQ
This article presents a compilation of performance management statistics covering employee engagement, feedback frequency, and organizational practices. The…
Employee Engagement and Retention: The Organizational Connection That Sustains Performance - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle and authored by a member of its content team, addresses the relationship between employee engagement and retention,…
Zooming in: What data reveals about remote, hybrid, and in-office work - Culture Amp
This article examines common beliefs about remote, hybrid, and in-office work arrangements using data from Culture Amp's analysis of 241,605 employees across…
Why business leaders must empower managers to get the very best from their teams - HR Magazine
This article addresses the widespread phenomenon of undertrained managers in UK organisations, arguing that insufficient investment in management and…
Why Your Organization’s Success Hinges on Effective Manager Training—and How to Get It Right - Spring Health
This article, published by Spring Health, addresses the organizational importance of manager effectiveness and the case for structured manager training…
An eco-work ethic? How sustainability influences employee engagement - Culture Amp
This article examines the relationship between corporate sustainability commitments and employee engagement using Culture Amp's proprietary survey data. The…
What Is Employee Retention? Importance, Benefits, and Calculation - Oracle
This article, authored by Oracle content strategist Grant Kieckhaefer and published in March 2024, addresses the concept of employee retention — its…
10 Must-Know Employee Engagement Statistics For 2026 - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle, aggregates ten employee engagement statistics intended to frame the business case for prioritizing workforce…
Employee Experience: The Complete Guide for HR Leaders (2026) - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle, addresses the challenge of employee disengagement and positions employee experience (EX) as the strategic lever HR…
Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture - cio.com
This article addresses the challenge of employee disengagement in modern organizations, referencing the phenomenon of 'quiet quitting' and its estimated $7.8…
Career pathing 101: What it is and why it matters - Culture Amp
This article from Culture Amp addresses the role of career pathing in improving employee satisfaction, retention, and internal mobility. The author argues that…
Employee Experience: What It Is and How to Improve It - Built In
This article, published by Built In, addresses the concept of employee experience (EX) as a comprehensive construct encompassing every interaction an employee…
19 Best Employee Engagement KPI You Need To Know In 2026 - Vantage Circle
This article addresses the measurement of employee engagement through key performance indicators (KPIs) in organizational settings. The author presents…
How to Give Constructive Feedback: 21 Examples for Work - BetterUp
This article addresses the challenge of delivering constructive feedback in workplace settings, arguing that the quality and delivery of feedback — not…
7 tips for an impactful development program - Culture Amp
This article addresses the challenge of creating effective employee development programs in organizations. Culture Amp's people scientists argue that employee…
Managing burnout: 3 ways to support employee wellbeing - Culture Amp
This article addresses employee burnout as a workplace phenomenon, distinguishing it from general stress and examining its organizational consequences. The…
Why Gtmhub Separates OKRs and Performance Reviews
This article addresses the organizational question of whether OKRs and performance reviews should be integrated or kept separate. The authors — Gtmhub's Chief…
Buckle up, HR: L&D is about to get really exciting - HR Executive
This article addresses the transformation of corporate learning and development (L&D) in the post-pandemic workplace, arguing that traditional, standardized…
Top 58 Most Important Employee Recognition Statistics in 2026 - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle, aggregates 58 employee recognition statistics organized across thematic categories including retention, engagement,…
9 employee engagement metrics you should be using - Culture Amp
This article addresses the challenge of measuring employee engagement holistically across the full employee lifecycle, arguing that engagement surveys alone…
The Tale Of Performance Management Tools: 15Five, Lattice, BetterWorks, And More…
This article examines the evolution of the performance management software market over the past two decades, tracing a shift from traditional 'rank and yank'…
Keeping Talent Happy: The New Rules of Employee Retention in the Modern Workplace - Vantage Circle
This article addresses the growing challenge of employee retention in modern workplaces, arguing that traditional approaches focused solely on job security are…
SMART Goals For HR professionals- A Quick Review With Examples - Vantage Circle
This article, published by Vantage Circle, addresses the application of the SMART Goals framework to human resources professional practice. The author argues…
The future of work is here: Culture Amp acquires Zugata - Culture Amp
This article is a corporate announcement published by Culture Amp declaring its acquisition of Zugata, a performance management software firm. The article…
Continuous employee listening strategy - Culture Amp
This article addresses the shift from traditional annual employee surveys to more frequent feedback collection across the employee lifecycle. Culture Amp…
How to manage culture through change - Culture Amp
This article addresses the challenge of maintaining organizational culture during periods of change. The author, CEO of change agency NOBL, argues that people…
Five questions with Kara Hannigan, Training and Organizational Development Manager, Human Resources Division - kcemployees.com
This article is a short Q&A interview with Kara Hannigan, the newly appointed Training and Organizational Development Manager in the Human Resources Division…
Benefits of Highly Motivated Employees - Business.com
This article, published on Business.com, examines the organizational benefits of employee motivation and its relationship to engagement, productivity,…
A participatory HR-led training programme for employee wellbeing
This study addresses the gap in HR-led, culturally contextualised workplace wellbeing interventions, particularly in non-Western settings such as South Africa,…
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