Technology, Science, Research APAC January 2026
~0.9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~95
Organizations
These insights represent ~0.9m questions answered from ~95 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Research, Pharmaceuticals, Aviation & Aerospace, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Chemicals, Defense & Space
Reported gender breakdown
Male
50%
Female
49%
Non-Binary
0.15%
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.
69% of Technology, Science, Research APAC employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 11 and is in the bottom 40% compared with the overall average.
How does Technology, Science, Research APAC compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research APAC were much more positive than average regarding Company And Leadership, Growth, and Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research APAC had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Feedback & Recognition, and Company Performance.
People working in Technology, Science, Research APAC are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Technology, Science, Research APAC are less engaged than Industrial Automation, Construction, Financial Services (0-100), and Financial Services Middle East & Africa.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research APAC had 89% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Technology, Science, Research APAC were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 30% of people disagreeing (+10% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Technology, Science, Research APAC organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 At %[Company]% there is open and honest two-way communication | Collaboration & Communication |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
15%