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

Retention Worker sentiment

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

Retention Worker sentiment

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 Retention Methods Today at Work

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 ...

Methods Today at Work Worker sentiment

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.

Our study reaches knowledge ...

A line chart showing that the HR staffing ratio rose between 2018 and April 2023

Hiring HR Retention

August 9, 2023

HR: How much is too much — or too little?

by Jeff Nezaj

We wondered whether HR offices were growing or shrinking, and whether beefed-up HR staffing has an effect on employee turnover. To find out, we use ADP data to look at HR staffing levels going back to 2018.

Architecture of a transformer built by ADP Research Institute that predicts wage percentiles from job title. Model not used in any ADP product.

AI/ML Data fluency

June 29, 2023

When using AI to predict pay, context matters

by Tim Decker • Ben Hanowell

We built an algorithm to predict wages from job titles. Our findings reveal the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence as a way to study the labor market.

Small businesses: For women, they’re a different kind of workplace

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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

HR: How much is too much — or too little?

When using AI to predict pay, context matters

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