According to a recent Gallup poll, only 14% of employees in Australia and New Zealand feel they are engaged with their workplace, which is a 10% drop from a similar poll in 2012. This significant decline has HR practitioners in the country wondering what the cause is? And what can be done to stop it?
Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing researcher Dr Paula Mowbray was invited to speak on the topic for the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) in Melbourne in October.
During her presentation, she spoke about the latest academic models of engagement, approaches to building a modern and engaged workplace and possible pitfalls of work intensification.
“I guess there’s this big concern that we’re spending all this money on engagement surveys or researchers who are doing research, so why aren’t we seeing any improvement?” said Mowbray.
According to Mowbray, researchers are now pointing out that there needs to be a better
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