HR Zone: Keep a caring eye on your most engaged staff

A study based on more than 1,000 US employees says many people who are highly engaged in their work are also exhausted and ready to leave their organisations. “High engagement levels in the workplace can be a double-edged sword for some employees,” says Dr Jochen Menges, University Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Cambridge Judge Business School. “Managers need to look carefully at high levels of engagement, and help those employees who may be headed for burnout, or they risk higher turnover levels and other undesirable outcomes.”

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