While the opportunity to learn new skills on the job is certainly one of the keys to employee retention, the feelings of uncertainty that accompany the learning process undoubtedly contribute to increased stress levels.
European Commission European Social Reality Report, 2007. Contextual demographic information about the surveyed population: Half of the respondents claim to be in work. The working half of the sample consists of manual workers (42%), other employees (24%) managers (18%) and self-employed people (15%). A quarter of the interviewees is retired (25%), one in ten looks after the home (10%) the same proportion is a student (10%) and 6% is unemployed.
European Commission European Social Reality Report, 2007. Contextual demographic information about the surveyed population: Half of the respondents claim to be in work. The working half of the sample consists of manual workers (42%), other employees (24%) managers (18%) and self-employed people (15%). A quarter of the interviewees is retired (25%), one in ten looks after the home (10%) the same proportion is a student (10%) and 6% is unemployed.
The “2007 Deloitte & Touche USA Ethics & Workplace” survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP between February 20 and February 22, 2007, among 1,041 U.S. adults 18 years of age or older who are employed full time and/or part time. Figures for region, age within gender, education, household income and race/ethnicity were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
