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Measuring well-being provides a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that affect humanity’s life experience. There have been numerous initiatives to measure the well-being of nations by complementing income with other country-level factors that are considered important in peoples’ lives. Those measures indicate that people in developed countries enjoy higher levels of well-being than those in emerging economies. In this paper we measure well-being with Kenexa’s Workforce Quality of Life Index (WQLI)...
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A Company’s Reputation and Performance Influence Opinions of Senior Management
Research conducted by the Kenexa High Performance Institute (KHPI) evaluated workers’ views of their companies’ reputation and performance. The report is based on the analysis of data drawn from a representative sample of workers thr...
An Overview of Employee Confidence
By Anne E. Herman, Ph.D., Kenexa and Jeffrey M. Saltzman, M.A.
Employee Confidence is an action-focused, performance oriented construct that can be used to forecast and enhance the success of the organization by measuring key components of the workplace environment and individual employees within that environmen...
Assessing Corporate Responsibility: Is it Good For Business?
By Brenda Kowske, Ph.D., Kenexa High Performance Institute, Anne Herman, Ph.D., Kenexa and Susan D’Mello, Kenexa High Performance Institute
Corporate responsibility (CR) has again become a popular phrase in the wake of recent business scandals, the international mortgage and housing crisis, and the global recession. Indeed, running a business exclusively focused on bottom-line profits ha...
Assessing the Ethical Culture
Doug J. Jondle and Robert C. Shoemake, Center for Ethical Business, and Brenda Kowske, Ph.D.
What makes an organization ethical? Can you measure ethics and, if so, what criteria should you use for assessment? In this white paper, we present a solution for conceptualizing and measuring ethics—a tool we believe will enable organizational...
Attitude? What Attitude? The Evidence Behind the Work Attitudes of Millennials
By Brenda Kowske, Ph.D., Bersin & Associates, and Rena Rasch, Ph.D., Kenexa High Performance Institute
Are the millennials responsible, dedicated and loyal enough to help your business thrive? As they move up through the ranks, will they be prepared to manage and lead as your business grows? If you listen to the media and a long line of authors, exper...
Attracting and Retaining Financial Sector Employees in Emerging Markets
Rena Rasch, Research Manager, Kenexa High Performance Institute
The forces of globalization over the last 30 years have had a profound impact on a wide range of economic issues, including the creation of the modern multinational corporation. Businesses that once focused solely on operations in San Francisco or Fr...
Attracting and Retaining High-Tech Employees in Emerging Markets
Rena Rasch, Research Manager, Kenexa High Performance Institute
The forces of globalization over the last 30 years have had a profound impact on a wide range of economic issues, including the creation of the modern multinational corporation. Businesses that once focused solely on operations in San Francisco or Fr...
Barriers to Effective Survey Follow-Up: Execution, Importance, Resources
Jack W. Wiley, Ph.D., Kenexa High Performance Institute
Most large companies today conduct regular employee surveys and use them as a key talent management measurement tool (Kraut, 2006, cited by Wiley, 2010). These survey programs typically are aimed at supporting the overall business strategy and, in pa...
Being Green is Still in Fashion: Global Businesses Continue to Practice Eco-Friendly Behavior in Economically Challenging Times
The Kenexa High Performance Institute (KHPI) examined how workers feel about their organization’s green and sustainable business practices. The Kenexa Green Business Study database includes survey results from workers in Canada, France, Germany...
Being Socially Responsible has a Positive Impact on Employees as Well as Their Local Communities and the Environment
Research conducted by the Kenexa Research Institute evaluated workers’ perceptions of their organizations with regard to corporate social responsibility.
Participating in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities provides more benefits ...