The latest articles on DEV Community by Ricardo Padilla (@ricardopad). https://dev.to/ricardopad https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3871554%2F76655650-01d5-4759-9bf5-873b90ebbcf5.jpeg https://dev.to/ricardopad en Ricardo Padilla Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:42:55 +0000 https://dev.to/ricardopad/why-employee-engagement-is-the-real-bottleneck-297-employees-analyzed-4dd https://dev.to/ricardopad/why-employee-engagement-is-the-real-bottleneck-297-employees-analyzed-4dd <p>Just finished analyzing 297 employees over 4 time points and the results are interesting 📊</p> <p>I expected to find that support matters for engagement. And it does—but not in the way most HR teams think.</p> <p>The numbers: <br> ✓ Social support: 4.08/5<br> ✓ Organizational citizenship: 4.09/5<br> ✗ Engagement: 3.52/5 ← the gap</p> <p>So employees feel supported, they want to contribute, they're emotionally stable. But they're not engaged in their actual work.</p> <p>Used mediation analysis to understand the pathway: support doesn't directly drive commitment. It works through engagement first. Which means if engagement is low, support alone won't fix retention 🔍</p> <p>Everything is fully documented in my GitHub: github.com/RicardoPad/People-Analytics</p> <p>✓ Full Jupyter notebook with code<br> ✓ Methodology: factor analysis, reliability testing (Cronbach's alpha 0.80-0.87), mediation modeling<br> ✓ Findings and business recommendations<br> ✓ Dataset (anonymized)</p> <p>Curious what others are seeing in their data on this. Is engagement the actual bottleneck in your organizations? 🤔</p> <h1> PeopleAnalytics #HR #DataDriven #Research </h1> peopleanalytics hr dataanalytics mentorship