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UK firms suffer from a lack of respect for senior management, according to a recent ORC International survey. The negative perception of British management teams is cementing the UK's position as a laggard in terms of employee engagement, say authors of the ORC's Global Perspectives survey.

The UK market falls four places in ORC's global engagement rankings to 17th in 2011.

UK workers tend to see more strained relationships between management and their staff, when compared to the US. Only 43 per cent of employees polled in the UK said there was a positive relationship between management and staff, compared to 56 per cent in the US. When asked to respond to how well they had managed the organisation is as a whole, UK employees were 48 per cent positive (compared to 56 per cent positive in the US)

The research shows employee engagement on the rise in the US; up three places to 5th overall.

China's engagement index had the most dramatic increase of any country from 2010, climbing seven places to second overall in the 2011 global engagement rankings. India remains on top with an overall engagement ranking of 74 per cent; up from 66 per cent in last year's survey.

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