Survey Data: Impact of September 11 on the American Workplace. (News & Know-How).
SURVEY DATA
Impact of September 11 on the American Workplace
INCREASE DECREASE NO CHANGE
Employee volunteerism 89% 0% 11%
Emotional support among co-workers 82% 3% 15%
Managers sensitivity to employee 66% 1% 33%
concerns
Esprit de corps, sense of teamwork 65% 5% 30%
Employee commitment to 18% 14% 68%
quality/productivity
Employee initiative 15% 31% 54%
Employee morale, enthusiasm 19% 40% 41%
Employees' mental alertness and 20% 58% 22%
focus
Anger about terrorists/Bin Laden/ 85% 2% 13%
Afghanistan
Employee fear, anxiety, nervousness 84% 0% 16%
Employee frustration re: 82% 3% 15%
tragedy/terrorism
Employee depression, sadness, 66% 1% 33%
crying
Overall stress levels 66% 4% 30%
Employee lethargy or 48% 11% 41%
procrastination
Employees withdrawing into 31% 13% 66%
themselves
Use of vacation, leaves, personal 30% 4% 66%
days
Source: GHR Training Solutions, Coral Springs, Florida
(www.ghr-training.com), copyright 2001 Reprinted with permission. Data
are based on responses to a survey that was e-mailed the week of
September 24, 2001, to the 2,000 subscribers of The Grimme Report, an
electronic newsletter, and to printed survey forms distributed to 150
participants of two workshops conducted during the week of October 1,
2001, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Industrial
Security International, Alexandria, Virginia.
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