""What gets a little confused in people's minds is that they assume languishing is almost like distress and mental illness," says Oscar Ybarra, business professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. "But it's more like: I'm just kind of stuck. I'm not really engaged. I don't know where I'm going." Ybarra wanted to capture the malaise that employees often experience in the workplace, which doesn't always rise to the level of mental illness."
""In a new survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, workers seem to be doing even worse: About 61% of the 2,000 respondents said they were languishing, compared to 57% the year prior. Nearly 18% of them claimed to be "languishing severely." The study found that there is little variation along demographic lines, and the experience of languishing tends to be correlated with high rates of burnout.""
Many workers experience languishing at work characterized by feeling stuck, disengaged, and uncertain about direction rather than clinical mental illness. Recent survey results show about 61% of 2,000 respondents reported languishing, up from 57% previously, and nearly 18% reported severe languishing. The experience shows little variation across demographic groups and is strongly correlated with higher rates of burnout. Framing well-being on a spectrum from languishing to flourishing broadens psychological approaches and identifies multiple targets for workplace interventions. The consistent prevalence of languishing suggests a substantial portion of the workforce is not doing well at work.
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