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by Ed O'Boyle and Jim Harter

Truly engaged workplaces are rare. Just 13% of employees are engaged in their jobs worldwide. But there are companies that buck this trend.

by Frank Newport

Today, Gallup launched the Presidential Election 2016: Key Indicators page, combining a number of important measures that help provide context for this year's election.

by Frank Newport

Democrats are becoming more positive in their views of Bernie Sanders and more negative about Hillary Clinton. The images of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are slipping among Republicans.

by Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman and Klaus F. Zimmermann

The authors in this guest piece offer a perspective on the relationship between having close contacts living in other countries and civic engagement. Using World Poll data, the authors study this phenomenon in Bulgaria and Romania.

by Jim Harter

Workplace policies and benefits alone are insufficient to improve health outcomes. Employers should also focus on improving the work environment.

Worldwide, higher education is linked to higher levels of employment and life evaluation. But the most recent evidence suggests that the link between higher education and graduates' workplace readiness may be broken.

By Mohamed Younis

Muslim Americans are the youngest and most diverse religious group in the U.S. and, despite the widespread recognition of prejudice against U.S. Muslims, most Americans say they would vote for a Muslim presidential candidate.

by Nader Nekvasil

Flexible work time and retirement options may help countries face the challenges of unemployment, aging populations and public pension burdens -- and improve well-being.

Nearly half of graduates of Colorado universities and colleges strongly agree or agree that they had a mentor who encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams while attending college (48%), according to a Gallup-Purdue Index study of college graduates in Colorado.

by Nate Dvorak and Bryant Ott
by Leora Klapper and Ruth Goodwin-Groen

Digital financial services are instrumental in improving women's financial autonomy and economic participation. There are vital steps that women, governments and the private sector can take to boost this financial inclusion.

by Jim Harter

Twitter's internal analysis recently concluded that its CEO was the "primary driver of engagement" at the company. Is this true for businesses in general?

By Shane J. Lopez and Valerie J. Calderon

A new research partnership exploring the experiences with and outcomes of higher education finds that nearly seven in 10 Tennessee college grads either strongly agree or agree their university prepared them well for life after college.

by Jon Clifton, Managing Director, Global Analytics

"Gallup Global Report: Where the Great Jobs Are" offers a first look at the real jobs situation in 138 countries, revealing where the good -- and great -- jobs are, and where the greatest deficits remain.

by Julie Lamski

Waiting is a nearly inevitable part of daily life, but companies can take steps to make the waiting game as painless as possible for their customers.

by Jon Clifton

Businesses, governments, and nongovernmental and international organizations need all the help they can get to meet the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Gallup World Poll surveys in 2014 found about 1 billion volunteers.