Survey: Employee morale improving - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Twenty-four percent of respondents thought moral e hadgone down. “These results prove that employees are happieer and more likely to stay with their companies due to the qualitt oftheir management,” Burton Goldfield, presidenty and chief executive officer of TriNet, said in a news “Companies that develop the skills of theirr leaders boost their employmenf brand which then positivelgy contributes to employee Company culture and reputation was the biggesft factor that held morale according to 36 percent of respondents. Other factorsd included flexibility, a good balance between work and andjob security.
The survey also found that whiles the intent to hire had all but disappeared fromlate 2008, hiring was on a slightt upswing over the past three months with more than 60 percenr of respondents saying they were currently hirinh or trying to attract talent, compareds with 55 percent in the first quarter of 2009. More than 250 small-busineszs leaders responded tothe survey. San Leandro, Calif.-basedx TriNet provides human resources outsourcing and consultiny services tosmall businesses.