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Consumers complain about tip fatigue, but as base pay rises, gratuities are a smaller piece of the pie at sit-down restaurants.

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Methods Worker sentiment Retention

November 14, 2023

How ADPRI investigated the impact of student loans on the world of work

by Mary Hayes, Ph.D. • Jared Northup

Knowing that interest on student loan debt would begin accruing again in September, with payments coming due in October, we added six new items to our monthly pulse survey.

Geographic trends

November 8, 2023

The growing prevalence of cross-metropolitan work

by Issi Romem, Ph.D.

Collaborating on work from different places is nothing new, but the normalization of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped take the phenomenon to a whole new level, a shift that ADP data is uniquely well positioned to study.

ADP Research Institute Employee Motivation and Commitment Index by gender and age group

Worker sentiment Retention

October 25, 2023

Gender differences in the EMC Index

by Mary Hayes, Ph.D. • Jared Northup

We use our EMC Index to explore how employee motivation and commitment vary between men and women.

ADP Research Institute Employee Motivation and Commitment Index by industry over time

Worker sentiment Retention

October 25, 2023

An industry dive into the EMC Index

by Mary Hayes, Ph.D. • Jared Northup

We use our EMC Index to dive deep into how employee motivation and commitment vary by industry.

Employee Motivation and Commitment Index

EMC Index Worker sentiment

October 24, 2023

EMC Index rose in October

by ADP Research

The Employee Motivation and Commitment Index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers. By providing a real-time measure of the state of worker allegiance, the EMC Index can tell us whether workers are flourishing in their jobs, or detaching.

Today at Work

September 7, 2023

Measuring employee success in more ways than one

by ADP Research

The newest issue of Today at Work delivers some surprising findings on promotions and debuts a new measure of worker sentiment.

Development Today at Work Methods Retention

September 6, 2023

Today at Work: Promotion impact analysis

by Ben Hanowell

Research questions and technical notes

In the September issue of Today at Work, we examined employee motivation and commitment to their employer. My colleagues Dr. Mary Hayes and Jared Northup developed a tool – the EMC Index – to measure those aspects of worker sentiment, a project described ...

Worker sentiment Methods Today at Work

September 6, 2023

How ADPRI constructed the Employee Motivation and Commitment Index

by Mary Hayes, Ph.D. • Jared Northup

For nearly a decade, ADPRI has been collecting granular data on individual workers from a stratified random sample of people worldwide. In surveys of more than 490,000 workers in 29 countries, respondents have shared their feelings about their jobs, their colleagues, their organizations, their pay, their leaders, and many other workplace issues.

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How ADPRI investigated the impact of student loans on the world of work

The growing prevalence of cross-metropolitan work

Gender differences in the EMC Index

An industry dive into the EMC Index

EMC Index rose in October

Measuring employee success in more ways than one

Today at Work: Promotion impact analysis

How ADPRI constructed the Employee Motivation and Commitment Index

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