Let’s define what we are measuring with this survey; engagement.
What is engagement? According to Gallup, engaged employees are
committed to their role.
They come to work each day and give their best; they go the extra mile.
They’re not always perfect, but they acknowledges mistakes, take responsibility, and apologize.
Engaged employees will be here longer, are committed, and make improvements.
Engagement by Gender source: State of the American Workplace 2013. “Engagement Levels for Men and Women: This information is from Gallup Daily tracking, January-December 2012, with random samples of 151,283 adults, aged 18 and older. Margin of sampling error is less than +/- 1 percentage point.”
Engagement by Education source: State of the American Workplace 2013. “See “Americans Say Postsecondary Degree Vital, but See Barriers” by Valerie J. Calderon and Shane Lopez, Feb. 5, 2013, on Gallup.com.”
Engagement by Tenure source: State of the American Workplace 2013. “This information is from an analysis of employee engagement across tenure using a subset of Gallup’s 2012 Q12 Client Database. Sample sizes were 1,343,150 for engagement by tenure level and 1,257,963 for tenure by wave of Q12 administration. Respondents were full and part-time workers, aged 18 and older.”
Engagement by Generation source: State of the American Workplace 2013. “Gallup used a Panel Workforce survey administered July-August 2010 to 13,100 US respondents on the Gallup Panel for this analysis. Gallup researchers matched Gallup Panel Workforce surveys from 2007-2010 to generate a longitudinal data set of 5,645 respondents who participated in all four years of the Panel for trend analysis.”
Strengths and Engagement source: State of the American Workplace 2013. “ See “Making Strengths-Based Development Work” by Jim Asplund and Nikki Blacksmith in the Gallup Business journal, Aug. 4, 2011. Also see “When Americans Use their Strengths More, They Stress Less” by Jim Asplund, Sept. 27, 2012, on Gallup.com.”