Indians have emerged at the top when it comes to being passionate about their jobs, with a full 72 per cent employees surveyed being confident about their personal growth and future of their companies, a survey has said.
According to the survey by global HR solutions provider Kenexa, the global average for being passionate about jobs is 56 per cent, while this is topped by Indians and at the bottom is the Japanese employees with only 41 per cent of them being passionate about their jobs.
As many as 72 per cent of Indian employees surveyed said they were passionate about their jobs. India is followed by Brazil at 63 per cent, Canada at 60 per cent, the United States and Germany 59 per cent each, and Saudi Arabia and Russia at 58 per cent each," says the survey.
Indians are passionate about their jobs, when their skills and abilities are put to good use, their company supports work/life balance, have confidence in the company's future, have opportunity to improve their skills and are recognised for their work.
"Similar to romantic passion, workers won't put up with a miserable relationship with their employers for long. As the economic outlook continues to improve, it would behove leaders to'play cupid.' Elevating an employee's passion for his/her job will keep employees happy and committed, even when other attractive opportunities come their way," Kenexa Research Institute's Brenda Kowske said, while releasing the survey findings.
Having passion for one's job is defined by the extent to which an employee is excited about his/her work, feels a sense of personal accomplishment, is satisfied with the company, believes she or he has a future at the organisation and rarely thinks about finding a new job, the Kenexa survey says.
The intensity to which employees are passionate about their jobs varies along with different jobs types.
In India, clerical staff (77 per cent) report the most passion for their jobs, followed by supervisors (76 per cent), senior/middle managers (74 per cent), salespeople (72 per cent) and professional/technical workers (70 per cent).
And the least amount of passion is found among service and production workers at 64 per cent, says the survey.
Moreover, their passion for jobs also varies notably across industries. Workers in healthcare services (78 per cent) are the most passionate, followed by those in the financial (76 per cent), manufacturing (73 per cent), government (73 per cent), and hi-tech manufacturing (72 per cent) industries. While, those in retail (67 per cent) reported the lowest levels of passion, it adds.
The survey covered workers from Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
