Top employee engagement drivers flipped in 2025: report
Source: hcamag.com What are the top drivers? Study of 20 million employee responses shows belonging, feeling valued no longer biggest priorities For the first time in a decade, employees are prioritizing organizational stability over feeling valued at work, according to a recent study. The Perceptyx study analyzed more than 20 million global employee survey responses from 2016 to 2025 and found that the top driver of employee engagement in 2025 was effective change management, followed by confidence in senior leadership. These drivers displaced feelings of belonging and feeling valued which had ranked as the top two drivers from 2016 through 2024 but fell to fourth and fifth, respectively, in 2025.