Researchers from international consulting firm Hewitt have put out new information on how Russians feel about their jobs.
In the study — which involved 28,429 participants from 12 Russian companies of various sizes, fields and types of ownership — the Hewitt researchers defined “involvement” as the emotional and intellectual state that motivates employees to perform at their best.
About 25 percent of companies in the world fell into the so-called "zone of uncertainty," where staff involvement rangedfrom 25 percent to 40 percent.
Forty percent of companies fell into the so-called "zone of indifference," in which involvement ranges from 40 percent to 60 percent. About half of the employees in these companies indicated that they aren't ready to exert themselves for their companies. And no more than a quarter of employers achieved the "zone of effectiveness," in which 60 percent to 100 percent of employees would be mentally invested in their jobs, Hewitt concluded.
High levels of involvement were indicated by employees’ willingness to speak highly of their employer, their desire to work in a company for a long time, and their desire to achieve exceptional results for the sake of the company.
This is the third time since 2007 that Hewitt has published a survey on Russian workplace involvement. During that time, it has registered what appears to be a decline in job involvement by participants, from 59 percent in 2007, to 58 percent in 2008, to 56 percent in 2010. (It wasn't immediately known what the margins of error for the surveys were.)
About the same level of involvement is seen in Asia, which posted 57 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, rates are lower in Europe, which has 49 percent on average, and higher in North and Latin America, with 62 percent and 76 percent, respectively.
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