April 28, 2021
Search Results for: employee satisfaction
April 21, 2021
Email fatigue is causing rising dissatisfaction with remote work
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
Superhuman, have released the results of a new survey that examines how the pandemic and shift to remote work are impacting employee satisfaction with their jobs. (more…)
April 21, 2021
HR professionals expect employees to split their time between the office and home
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
Research commissioned by CANCOM, conducted with UK HR professionals about post-COVID work habits claims that only one-in-ten organisations does not intend to run a hybrid way of working – with nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of HR professionals of the opinion that employees will divide their time between the office and home after all COVID restrictions have lifted. (more…)
March 31, 2021
Employee buy-in crucial to digital transformation success
by Jayne Smith • News, Technology
Facilities management businesses are failing to keep their workforce at the heart of their digital transformations, leading to employee dissatisfaction and hindering the success of digitalisation initiatives, claims new research by Nexer, in partnership with applied futurist Tom Cheesewright. (more…)
March 26, 2021
Do business leaders trust employees when they work outside the office?
by Jayne Smith • Business, Flexible working, News
Remote work, rapidly accelerated by the pandemic, is now essential to business success and worker productivity. However, as parts of the world open up and hybrid work becomes a reality, research claims that companies must invest in establishing flexible work policies and programs, and address a sizeable disconnect in trust between decision makers and employees, according to a Forrester study commissioned by LogMeIn, Inc. (more…)
March 12, 2021
‘Thank God it’s Friday’ – Employee behaviour improves throughout the week
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
Individuals with low mindfulness exhibit more uncivil behaviour at work and are least civil on Monday before improving throughout the week, claims new research from BI Norwegian Business School and Maastricht University. (more…)
November 3, 2020
Employees are twice as motivated and productive if they’re resilient
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
Aon plc, has released new research that highlights the impact on employee motivation and productivity if they are resilient. The data, gained across five European countries, including the UK, claims that employees are nearly twice as likely to be motivated and therefore productive, if they are resilient. (more…)
October 28, 2020
Millions of workers experience low levels of job satisfaction at work
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing
A new survey conducted by Just Eat for Business, asked workers about their workplace behaviour, stress levels, mental health and job satisfaction, to get an idea of what Brits’ working lives look like and how they can be improved through a focus on employee wellbeing. The survey claims almost one in ten (8.2 percent) UK employees admit to experiencing quite or very low levels of happiness while at work. (more…)
March 18, 2020
Job satisfaction could be down to having a diverse team of people with which you work
by Jayne Smith • News, Working culture
Working in multidisciplinary teams makes work more enjoyable and means that customers receive a better service claims new research from Nyenrode Business University. Dr. Mike Hoogveld conducted a large-scale survey and completed a case study at four major energy suppliers suggesting that agile leadership also leads to greater job satisfaction. (more…)
January 28, 2020
Getting on with colleagues key to job satisfaction
by Jackie Le Poidevin • News, Wellbeing
Getting on well with colleagues gives workers greater job satisfaction than having a good salary, new research has claimed. “New Decade, New Direction” by the Institute of Leadership & Management asked more than 2,100 workers to identify the factors that affect their job satisfaction and explored their career plans for the new decade. (more…)
March 7, 2019
Firms must break bad habits if they want to improve relationship with employees
by Neil Franklin • News, Workplace
To select, engage and retain the best talent, companies are going to have to break their entrenched bad habits, according to a new report from The Myers-Briggs Company. It claims that its Global Trends Report (registration) sets out how businesses can select the best employees, provide effective leadership and help their people to work together efficiently and harmoniously, despite a rapidly changing and increasingly complex business landscape. (more…)
October 20, 2020
Remote work and the risks of employee surveillance
by Joe Aiston and Alexander Barnett • Comment, Flexible working, Technology