Characteristics Of An Engaged Employee
Before measuring employee engagement, you need to be clear about what an engaged employee actually looks like.
Our research identified a range of characteristics typically associated with engaged employees, including motivation, pride in the organisation, emotional connection, willingness to go above and beyond, positive relationships and a desire to learn and develop.
Protostar’s employee engagement surveys assess whether these characteristics are present, helping organisations understand how engaged their employees are.
The Drivers of Employee Engagement
Measuring engagement is only part of the picture. Organisations also need to understand the conditions that may be influencing it.
MOVIE stands for Management, Organisation, Vitality, Intrinsic and Extrinsic — the five areas into which our model groups the conditions that can influence employee engagement.
These include factors such as the quality of management, trust and communication, wellbeing and inclusion, meaningful work and development opportunities, reward, working conditions and collaboration.
By assessing both the characteristics of engaged employees and the conditions that typically influence engagement, Protostar’s surveys help organisations move beyond an engagement score and identify where they may need to investigate or act.
Read the Full Research
The MOVIE Model is based on Protostar's research into employee engagement, combining a review of published research with analysis of employee survey and focus group data collected since 2007. Read the full research to learn how we developed our Characteristics of an Engaged Employee and MOVIE Model of Employee Engagement Drivers, and the evidence behind our approach.
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