How Employees in Egypt View Their Relationships with their Immediate Managers

Employees' relationships with their managers are scoring higher than the average engagement levels in Egypt, according to the recent employee engagement survey by Engagesoft. This demonstrates  the positive relationships between employees and their managers in Egypt. However, as we will highlight in this article, employees in Egypt scored Recognition by Manager lower than other areas. It is important for leaders to pay attention to this as recognition is one of the top drivers of employee engagement.

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Positive Immediate Manager Results 

Employees in Egypt scored their relationship with their managers at 8.19, compared to the overall employee engagement in Egypt, which scored a 7.4. It has been well established through extensive research that the relationship between employees and their immediate managers  directly impacts the engagement of the employees, their growth and retention, and their individual performance. 

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What drives the engagement levels when it comes to an immediate manager

Let's take a deep dive into some of the specific engagement sub-drivers behind the engagement of employees with their managers,  and what HR professionals and organizational leaders could do to help increase results.

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Most of the sub-drivers relating to the immediate manager are positive when it comes to employees in Egypt. 

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• Employees have strong communication with their immediate managers scoring a 8.18, showing how comfortable they feel sharing their ideas and thoughts with their managers.

• The survey also shows that employees know how their managers care about them as team members with a high score of 8.47. It’s clear that they feel included, heard and part of a team with their current immediate manager.

• Employees also feel supported by their immediate managers with a score of 8.24. They feel their managers are competent to support their future career path and guide them in the right direction.

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Recognition by immediate managers scores the lowest at 7.86 compared to all the other sub-drives and appears to be  causing frustration amongst the Egyptian workforce. This shows that employees are generally quite happy with their managers except for the fact that they feel they don’t receive full credit for their progress and achievements.

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3 reasons why employees don't feel recognized

• Non-specific praise: Specific feedback shows you actually notice the good work and care enough to comment on it. Generic praise may come across as insincere or unconvincing. People need to know that their specific achievements have been noticed and appreciated.

• Wrong type of recognition: To get better results from an employee invest effort in understanding their recognition preference, Do they prefer private or public? Verbal or written? Celebratory or reserved? Leaders are able to recognize each team member the way she or he prefers to be recognized.

• Lack of support: Supporting employees with resources, flexibility, training, etc. shows that they are a vital part of the organization and that their efforts are being appreciated.

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Bottom line

The relationship of employees with their managers is an important metric to keep track of in the workplace and has a significant effect on employee engagement levels. The high scores of the first 3 sub-drivers mentioned above puts pressure on HR leaders to ensure their organization's employees score around the same as the rest of the country or even higher.

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Based on the Engagesoft benchmark data, employees in Egypt need their managers to recognize them better and more often. Doing so will lead to a higher engagement rate across the organization. 

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