Research: Employee engagement efforts are still immature
For the third year, Temkin Group analyzed the employee engagement efforts within large companies in the report, Employee Engagement Competency & Maturity, 2015. As part of the analysis, hundreds of large companies completed Temkin Group's Employee Engagement Competency & Maturity (EECM) Assessment. While the average score improved, it remains in the second level (out of five levels) of maturity, called "Neglecting."
Previous Temkin Group research shows that an engaged workforce is a critical asset for companies. Compared with disengaged employees, highly engaged employees are 2.5 times as likely to stay at work late if something needs to be done after the normal workday ends, more than 2 times as likely to help someone at work even if they don't ask for help, and more than 3 times as likely to do something good for the company that is not expected of them.