How did employees in Belgium compare to the rest of Europe in 2013?

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On the whole, 2013 was a pretty good year for Belgium. Physicist Francois Englert claimed the esteemed Nobel Prize for his work on the Higgs particle ¹, and actress Veerle Baetens also added a renowned award as she collected the Best Actress in Europe award for her role in ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’².

The abdication of King Albert brought rise to King Filip³, and in November of 2013, Jean-Claude Van Damme made international news for outrageously performing the splits between two reversing trucks⁴.Last but not least, in a year of positive news, 2013 also signified the end of 2 years of economic gloom as Belgium recorded GDP growth of 0.1%⁵.

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Although the international news portrays a positive outlook for Belgium, it says very little about employees in Belgium. Using the Global Employee Engagement Index™, we explore how employees in Belgium faired in role clarity, loyalty, satisfaction and motivation in comparison to their European counterparts.

So, in a year of the new king, outrageous stunts and positive economic news how did employees in Belgium fair when compared to their European colleagues?

Role Clarity:

• Results illustrate that although employees in Belgium generally scored higher than the European average for role clarity, there exists a high variance in responses.
• In contrast to the 2011/12 survey, employee responses regarding role clarity have become increasingly varied.

Satisfaction:

• On average, Employees in Belgium scored positively for employee satisfaction, and well above the European average.
• The trend of employees in Belgium scoring above the average for Europe has continued, and has further increased from 2011/12.  

Loyalty:

• Employees in Belgium were found to be some of the most loyal in Europe, as on average they scored very highly for employee loyalty.
• The responses from employees in Belgium indicate that there has been a shift in employee responses from a high variance in 2011/12, to positive responses in 2013/14.  

Motivation:

• Responses from employees in Belgium indicated that employees in Belgium were generally more motivated than the average European employee.
• Over the last two years, employee motivation has increased and has continued to score above the European average. 

¹ http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/
² http://www.standaard.be/abc-van-2013
³ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23393963
⁴ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/celebrity-news-video/10453219/Jean-Claude-Van-Damme-performs-splits-between-two-moving-trucks.html
⁵ http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/countries/belgium_en.html

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