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↑ ↓ to choose · enter to openUpdated 5 November 2026 · by Leap Company

Leap Trends · Culture · Engagement

Condition

Culture

Theme

Engagement

The publications deal mainly with what fuels or undermines employee engagement, from resources at work and at home to exhaustion and AI, alongside Gallup’s falling figures.

Topics

The conclusions and topics were compiled with AI from the publications on this page, with the sources alongside. How that works · How we count

What the publications show

  1. Two Gallup publications report falling engagement: globally at its lowest level since 2020, and in the US at its lowest point in years. Gallup identifies the declining engagement of managers themselves as the main cause.

    Gallup, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Gallup, 2026 (opens in a new window)

  2. Several studies find that resources at work fuel engagement, such as support from colleagues, being treated with dignity and inspiring leadership. In a Vietnamese study, adequate pay even proved a precondition for high engagement.

    Kaunas University of Technology, 2026 (opens in a new window) · University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Excelia Business School, 2026 (opens in a new window) · University of Mannheim, 2026 (opens in a new window)

  3. Diary studies show that engagement fluctuates from day to day with what is going on at home. Household tasks and worries depress the engagement of remote workers, while support at home and relaxing online partly offset this.

    Anglia Ruskin University, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Anglia Ruskin University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

  4. Engagement and exhaustion often go hand in hand. Librarians in a University of Manitoba study score high on burnout alongside average engagement, and other studies find profiles in which boredom, burnout and engagement coexist.

    University of Manitoba, 2026 (opens in a new window) · University of Bern, 2026 (opens in a new window) · University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2025 (opens in a new window)

  5. The findings on AI and play at work are mixed. IT workers in Sweden see AI taking away routine work while adding new pressure, and playful work design with a lot of competition raises workaholism as well as engagement.

    Uppsala University, 2026 (opens in a new window) · University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2025 (opens in a new window)

Topics within engagement

This list shows what the publications on this theme are about, with the number for each topic. Open a topic to see its publications; if a topic has a briefing, the link is underneath.

Briefings on other themes that touch on this one

These briefings belong to another theme but also cover engagement.

Culture

Burnout symptoms, sickness absence and employee engagement

  • Burnout
  • Sickness absence
  • Engagement

The share of Dutch employees with burnout symptoms rose for the second year running, to 21 per cent in 2025 against 13 per cent in 2015. Women (23.5 per cent) and employees aged 25 to 34 (28 per cent) score highest. Worldwide, Gallup meanwhile measures the lowest engagement since 2020.

Publications per month for Burnout symptoms, sickness absence and employee engagementDecember 2025: 1 publicationJanuary 2026: 0 publicationsFebruary 2026: 0 publicationsMarch 2026: 0 publicationsApril 2026: 3 publications3May 2026: 2 publicationsJune 2026: 1 publicationJuly 2026: 0 publicationsAugust 2026: 0 publicationsSeptember 2026: 1 publicationOctober 2026: 0 publicationsNovember 2026: 0 publications
Publications per month for Burnout symptoms, sickness absence and employee engagement
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updated · 8 publications

Leadership

Engagement and workload of managers and their teams

  • Manager engagement
  • Workload
  • Management layers

Worldwide, manager engagement is falling faster than that of their employees, while organisations cut management layers and hand more to the managers who remain. Gallup identifies this fall as the main cause of the global dip in engagement.

Publications per month for Engagement and workload of managers and their teamsDecember 2025: 0 publicationsJanuary 2026: 0 publicationsFebruary 2026: 1 publicationMarch 2026: 0 publicationsApril 2026: 2 publications2May 2026: 1 publicationJune 2026: 1 publicationJuly 2026: 1 publicationAugust 2026: 0 publicationsSeptember 2026: 2 publicationsOctober 2026: 0 publicationsNovember 2026: 0 publications
Publications per month for Engagement and workload of managers and their teams
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updated · 8 publications

All publications on engagement

This list shows every publication on this theme, including those not (yet) part of a briefing. Choose a period; a title opens the publication at its source.

  1. Work engagement and mental well-being in the ICT age: investigating the role of job resources among white-collar workers in Europe (opens the publication in a new window)Vilnius University · Ieva Urbanavičiūtė et al. · · researchWellbeingEngagement
  2. U.S. Employee Engagement Below 30% for First Time in 15 Years (opens the publication in a new window)Gallup · · researchEngagement
  3. The algorithm isn’t the advantage–the team is (opens the publication in a new window)McKinsey · · opinionOrganisational cultureEngagement
  4. Work Engagement in an Always-On Work Culture: A Systematic Literature Review (opens the publication in a new window)University of Rijeka · Lehpamer et al. · · researchEngagementWorkload
  5. Age and Work Engagement: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence (opens the publication in a new window)University of Coimbra · De Souza et al. · · researchEngagementGenerations
  6. Organizational Rewards and Work Engagement: Evidence From Vietnam (opens the publication in a new window)Excelia Business School · Le et al. · · researchEngagement
  7. The dynamics of well-being at work: longitudinal profiles of boredom, burnout, and work engagement (opens the publication in a new window)University of Bern · Toscanelli et al. · · researchWellbeingEngagement
  8. Complementary and compensatory job resources for work engagement and innovative work behaviour (opens the publication in a new window)University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Sharma et al. · · researchEngagement
  9. Shifting perspectives: How daily work interruptions relate to interrupters' work engagement (opens the publication in a new window)University of Mannheim · Toebben et al. · · researchEngagement
  10. Buffering and Boosting Effects of the Home Environment on Daily Work Engagement (opens the publication in a new window)Anglia Ruskin University · Chen · · researchEngagement
  11. Unpacking the relationship between resilience and work engagement: The role of emotional inertia (opens the publication in a new window)University of Amsterdam · Zhao et al. · · researchEngagement
  12. Moral Distress, Work Engagement, and Meaningful Work in Healthcare: A Narrative Review (opens the publication in a new window)Universidade Nova de Lisboa · Santos et al. · · researchMeaning and purposeEngagement
  13. Fostering Resilience Among Nurses: The Impact of Organisational Resources on Work Engagement (opens the publication in a new window)Kaunas University of Technology · Staniškienė et al. · · researchEngagement
  14. Engaged Yet Exhausted: Work Engagement and Burnout of Librarians Post-COVID (opens the publication in a new window)University of Manitoba · Fuhr · · researchWellbeingEngagementBriefing: Burnout symptoms, sickness absence and employee engagement
  15. Sustainable HRM and Employee Engagement in the Digital Era: The Role of Training and Green Skills in North Macedonia (opens the publication in a new window)Goce Delcev University · Sofijanova et al. · · researchEngagement
  16. State of the Global Workplace 2026 (opens the publication in a new window)Gallup · · surveyEngagementWellbeingBriefing: The manager's role in how employees use AIBriefing: Burnout symptoms, sickness absence and employee engagement
  17. AI and work engagement in the IT industry (opens the publication in a new window)Uppsala University · Bergqvist et al. · · researchEngagement
  18. A Multilevel Model of Team-Level Work Engagement Emergence (opens the publication in a new window)Universidad de Navarra · Urien et al. · · researchEngagement
  19. From home to work: online leisure and work engagement (opens the publication in a new window)Anglia Ruskin University · Chen · · researchEngagement
  20. Effects of happiness management and organisational justice on organisational commitment (opens the publication in a new window)CETYS Universidad · Galván-Vela et al. · · researchJob satisfaction and vitalityEngagement
  21. The Bright and Dark Side of Playful Work Design: Navigating Work Engagement and Workaholism (opens the publication in a new window)University of Rome Tor Vergata · Costantini et al. · · researchEngagement
  22. Work Engagement, Job Crafting, and Their Effects on Green Work Outcomes (opens the publication in a new window)Eastern Mediterranean University · Gurcham et al. · · researchEngagement