Just the other day I came across a report on work by another Boston College center on the other side of campus. The study by Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging & Work, evaluated the effects of the recession on employee engagement and it hit home here at the Center for Corporate Citizenship – and specifically here at the desk of a baby boomer.
Employee engagement is a hot topic these days as corporate citizenship professionals struggle to keep their programs and initiatives alive in a tight economy. More than ever employees are seen as key stakeholders who are vital to successful corporate citizenship.
The Sloan Center report, “The Difference a Downturn Can Make”, explores how economic concerns have affected employees’ workplace experiences and how changes differ by employee age and perception of job security. What the researchers found that really piqued my interest: Members of Generation Y – workers ages 26 and younger – reported the greatest decrease in engagement, while engagement remained virtually unchanged for baby boomers and older (workers older than 43 – otherwise known as my contemporaries). And while employee engagement decreased across all groups and was most significant in the younger age groups, the decrease was almost nonexistent among employees over 53 (my fellow 50-plus boomers who remember watching Apollo 11 land).
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