“Actively engaged” employees rose from 27 percent in 2010 to 29 percent in 2011, and the percent of “ambivalent” employees (neither engaged nor disengaged) slightly decreased from 60 percent to 59 percent. The percent of “actively disengaged” employees decreased from 13 percent to 12 percent.
The study analyzed data from more than 3.3 million employees at more than 2,400 organizations.
The release suggests that financial difficulties may have pushed companies to remove lower performing and actively disengaged employees from their organizations.
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