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"Languishing" a critical marker to measure in workplace surveys

Employees who are languishing have many words to describe their experience, which is good news for employers that want to gauge how prevalent the issue is in their workplace, researchers say.

Earlier this year, a Be Well Co survey of 16,000 Australians found that about 20% are "languishing", which CEO Dr Joep van Agteren describes as a state of "joyless stagnation", emptiness, and low wellbeing.

As HR Daily reported at the time, van Agteren says languishing could be a widespread cause of decreased productivity and engagement at work.

In a new report, based on a survey of more than 330 respondents, van Agteren and co-author Dr Matthew Iasiello explore more of the workplace implications of languishing...

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