Survey: Many Workers Set to Jump Ship | As Published in the Omaha World-Herald

by Ross Boettcher

Dissatisfied and disengaged employees could abandon their current employers once the economy and the job market stabilize, according to an Opinion Research survey and a local human resources expert.

Employers and employees have a “psychological contract,” an unspoken agreement of what they owe one another, said Patti Meglich, an assistant professor of management at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and 20-year human resources professional. But the recession created a breach in that contract, which reduced employee loyalty, she said.

Opinion Research questioned 2,009 workers — 1,005 men and 1,004 women — from across the country in the independent survey.

Meglich said that despite the relatively small sampling, the statistical findings coincide with industry studies conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. 

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