United Arab Emirates July 2026
~1.4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~85
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.4m questions answered from ~85 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Information Technology & Services, Computer & Network Security, Construction, Management Consulting, Architecture & Planning, Machinery, Real Estate
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
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.
77% of United Arab Emirates employees are engaged
This is in the top 30% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 33 and is in the top 11% compared with other countries.
How does United Arab Emirates compare?
People in United Arab Emirates were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Collaboration & Communication.
On the lower side, people in United Arab Emirates had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in United Arab Emirates are more engaged than Norway, Denmark, Japan, and Sweden. People working in United Arab Emirates are less engaged than China.
The highest scoring question for United Arab Emirates had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in United Arab Emirates 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 32% of people disagreeing (+14% 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 United Arab Emirates organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
3 I am happy with my current role relative to what was described to me | Alignment & Involvement |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
22%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
24%