South Korea January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Biotechnology, Information Technology & Services, Chemicals, Consumer Electronics, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Male
58%
Female
42%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
66% of South Korea employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 40% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -3 and is in the bottom 15% compared with other countries.
How does South Korea compare?
People in South Korea were much more positive than average regarding Action.
On the lower side, people in South Korea had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Leadership, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in South Korea are more engaged than Hungary, Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. People working in South Korea are less engaged than Thailand, Taiwan, Israel, and Canada.
The highest scoring question for South Korea had 84% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in South Korea were generally least favourable about Company Performance, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 23% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
17%