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Wellness Programs and Recruiting

Wellness programs have been all the talk recently as organizations have discovered the true advantages to promoting healthy decisions in the workplace. Healthy employees contribute quality work and experience a higher level of satisfaction. Continue Reading →

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Is There a Personality More Susceptible to Counterproductive Work Behaviors?

Counterproductive work behaviors refer to behaviors that employees engage in that are against organizational goals such as wasting time at work, stealing, bullying, etc. The Big Five personality factors have been the focus on much of the research on personality and counterproductive work behaviors. Continue Reading →

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Employee engagement begins with recruitment. It is important that recruiters not only know what skills are required for a position, but also have a good idea of what personalities will fit in with a work group. 

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Professional Reputations

Each and every one of us has a personal reputation at our job. This reputation is a product of how we interact with others as well as the way in which we complete our work. The reputation we have in the workplace can significantly impact our future success at an organization as well as career options at other organizations. We tend to forget how our reputations with coworkers and employees in our organizational can influence our future careers. Continue Reading →

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How are Hiring Decisions Impacted by Hindsight Bias?

Most likely we have all experienced hindsight bias sometime in our lives whether we know it or not. Hindsight bias is our reaction to a past decision. We may feel extremely confident making a decision and feel there is no room for failure, but our decision ends up not being the best possible choice. To reconcile this tension, we tell ourselves, “Oh I knew that wasn’t the right decision all along.” Continue Reading →

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Employee Engagement and Social Networks

Employee engagement consists of an individual in the workplace having an active role in his or her work. The employee may have increased responsibilities or roles because of their individual strengths within the organization. Research has indicated that there is a connection between employee engagement and social networks. What is meant by social networks? Social networks are the relationships that employees share with coworkers and managers. Continue Reading →

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How does job satisfaction impact intention to leave?

Job satisfaction is the defined as the feeling that an individual has toward his or her work. We have all experienced both sides of the spectrum at some point in our lives. How did feeling dissatisfied impact your work? What were your feelings toward your job? Did you feel inclined to look for another job? Continue Reading →

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Cognitive Interviews in the Workplace

Cognitive interviews are a method for gathering expansive information during survey distribution. While information collected through survey research is useful, cognitive interviews take the process to the next level. Cognitive interviews allow the researcher to understand how their survey may influence how respondents are answering survey items. Continue Reading →

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Changing Trends in Recruitment

Recruiting the best employees is an important focus for organizations. Organizations invest time and money into making sure the top candidates apply to positions at the organization. What organizations sometime forget is to focus on the target candidate. Continue Reading →

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Who is TNS? Learn more about u…

Who is TNS? Learn more about us by checking out our parent companies Kantar & WPP to see all that TNS has to offer http://t.co/lNHsl2gM

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TNS – Not Just Employee Surveys

TNS is well known “across the pond”, and here in the US we are trying to get the word about all that TNS has to offer.  When companies partner with TNS they have access not only to experts in employee engagement, employee retention, and surveys but also to the ability to link employee insights with cutting edge market research technology to address every stage of the brand lifecycle.  Our specialist expertise helps organizations make better employee, marketing and business decisions.

Check out this video on TRU (Teens Research Unlimited), a great example of TNS’ expertise across generations.

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TNS No Longer “In the Jungle”

Just in case you haven’t noticed yet, our blog title has changed from “In the Jungle” to simply, “Employee Insights.”  Aside from being our company name, our blog will continue to focus on stories from the workplace including employee engagement, employee retention, brand experience, brand ambassadorship and HR stories, tips, trends and strategies from across the globe.  We will be making more little changes here and there so be on the lookout and stay tuned!

By the way, we have a new logo too!

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Leadership Development: Using Implicit Leadership Theories


When we think about the great leaders of our world, how did these individuals come to be such great leaders? Where these individuals born with leadership skills or were they developed? This is a question that continues to be questioned in the realm of organizational development. If leaders are not born with traits, how can individuals be developed into great leaders? Continue Reading →

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Embracing the 2020 Workplace

The workplace of the future is constantly being shaped. Every day we experience breakthroughs in technology, social media trends, and the convergence of employees from various generations. If we hope to compete effectively in this global marketplace, it is imperative to identify the tools and approaches needed in our business-minded arsenal. Such strategies will then be able to increase innovation, improve customer relations, and engage and retain talent.

Jeanne Meister, an internationally recognized leader in innovative operations, identified three major contributing factors to this shift, in her closing keynote speech during the final day of TNS and JWT INSIDE’s Engagement Summit. Naming globalization, changing demographics, and the emergence of social media and technology, it seems Meister’s research can augment an organization’s approach to achieving compelling business results for the future. Continue Reading →

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