Purpose – Advances the view that showing appreciation to employees makes sound business sense. Design/methodology/approach – Observes that many employee-recognition schemes currently fail to achieve their goal and explains how to rectify this. Findings – Explains that when employees do not...

Purpose: Research demonstrates that feeling appreciated in the workplace increases employee engagement, reduces turnover, and increases profitability. Despite the fact that people differ in how they feel most appreciated, no work to date has explored the impact of age differences on...

Purpose: Businesses are spending billions of dollars on recognition rewards with the intent of boosting employee engagement, job satisfaction, and ultimately, their bottom line. However, employee engagement is at an all-time low. The purpose of this study was designed to take a step back to...

Purpose: Although managers agree that showing appreciation to their employees is important, many do not know how to do so effectively. Languages of Appreciation have been identified that uniquely convey that the recipient is valued when appreciation is expressed in the “language” they...