Richard, great newsletter, as always. Wondering if there are any studies on what, exactly, makes employees feel respected at work. Is it recognition by their division leaders or corporate leaders? Is it having a platform in which they can express their views? How do employees, generally, define feeling respected?
The study that the link in this issue points to uses a natural language processing tool that classifies free text from written feedback. In this instance, the words employees used to describe disrespect were: "being demeaned and degraded; viewed as disposable cogs in a wheel or robots; or treated like children, second-class citizens, crap, garbage, dirt, trash, scum, idiots, or cattle."
At best this might help in identifying how not to disrespect employees, which is a far cry from actually respecting them. I'm sure there is also research on the latter.
Richard, great newsletter, as always. Wondering if there are any studies on what, exactly, makes employees feel respected at work. Is it recognition by their division leaders or corporate leaders? Is it having a platform in which they can express their views? How do employees, generally, define feeling respected?
Hi Diane-
The study that the link in this issue points to uses a natural language processing tool that classifies free text from written feedback. In this instance, the words employees used to describe disrespect were: "being demeaned and degraded; viewed as disposable cogs in a wheel or robots; or treated like children, second-class citizens, crap, garbage, dirt, trash, scum, idiots, or cattle."
At best this might help in identifying how not to disrespect employees, which is a far cry from actually respecting them. I'm sure there is also research on the latter.
I hope this helps. R