In 2008, ASTD partnered with Dale Carnegie Training and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) to evaluate employee engagement. The study found that engaged workers were willing to contribute more to work efforts, typically beyond their ordinary job parameters. In this respect, it seems that respondents to the survey are associating engagement with a willingness to “go the extra mile” in the workplace. This is an interesting finding because it places the idea of effort or work ethic at the pinnacle of what it means to be engaged. The next most highly rated indicators of engagement are linked to the organizational image that workers present to the outside world. More...
Tags: employee engagement, learning's role in employee engagement, work ethic
Categories: Research