Hi - here is a list of recent major research driven reports on workplace mental health that can inform works on employee engagement:
Attridge, M., Riccuiti, J, Steacy, R., et al. (2007). Mental Health in the Labour Force: Literature Review and Rese…
Dr. Mark Attridge is a consultant in independent practice as President of Attridge Studios. His specialty areas include designing measurement systems and outcome research studies for workplace health services, writing literature review white papers, and development of return on investment (ROI) analysis and estimation tools. He has experience with a broad range of employee health management specialty services. He has been most active in the field of workplace mental health and the area of employee assistance programs in particular. Mark brings a unique scholarly approach to his consulting that derives from his past work with health care service providers, benefit consultants to employers and academic researchers. Mark has authored more than 100 articles and conference papers on topics in health care, psychology and communication.
What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
Research Consultant / Writer
Where are you located?
Minneapolis MN USA
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At 9:39am on February 12, 2009, David Zinger said…
Mark,
I am so pleased you joined us.
You are the second person in a row with a strong academic background in this network and we so much need your voice.
I hope you will feel comfortable contributing and offering your point of view and perspectives. Minneapolis is close enough to Winnipeg that I feel a neighbour has joined (even if in Canada we put the u in neighbor.
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Dear Ray,
Your concern is well founded. Employees look forward to surveys like they do a visit to the dentist! The Horsepower Survey, however, is an employee-focused survey to measure how rewarded employees feel about their work. It consists of sev…
Mike,
I will make mention of this new group in the next newsletter. Thank you for starting this and I wish you well and all European members the best with this focus.
David
Jason:
Good points about trust and aligning the strategic engagement with employee engagement. We need results for all.
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Thanks for sharing this information, Roy.
When I was Research Director at The Loyalty Institute, we found that the #1 driver of employee commitment was an organization's efforts to build a sense of spirit and pride. This was true in the US as well…
As a survey consultant I guess that I should like the idea of conducting monthly surveys, but I am concerned that employees may feel that they are being "over surveyed."
There are options, of course. An organization might randomly assign each emplo…
This is a great read, a great story. I smiled the whole time as I read this. If this conversation is possible in your organization, then I'd say your leadership is trusted and transparent. Thanks for this story.
I won't be wishing you "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" this December. These secular, generic salutations are popular in corporate America because they are not specific to any one religion or belief system. The business world, like America's…
Hello Paul:
"if you want to improve productivity and reduce costs, you need to
tap into human nature’s pleasure-fueled engine."
I could not agree more but if we wait until after we hire someone we have waited too long.
Bob