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The Answer to Overworked and Disengaged

In: Beyond the Job Description

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Chapter 1 DESCRIBED THE COSTS OF chronic disengagement at work. The epidemic wreaks havoc on the quality of our working lives while simultaneously causing a steep decline in the quality and impact of work that can be measured against organizational bottom lines in the billions. Approximately “seventy-one percent of American workers are ‘not engaged’ or ‘actively disengaged’ in their work, meaning they are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and are less likely to be productive.”1 Specific estimates about the percentage of actively disengaged workers vary, but it is likely as high as 26 percent.2 And the Gallup organization estimates that total employee disengagement costs the US economy as much as $350 billion annually!3

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  • Jesse Sostrin, 2013. "The Answer to Overworked and Disengaged," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Beyond the Job Description, chapter 0, pages 131-137, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33741-2_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137337412_11
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