Nearly a quarter of company executives surveyed by the American Management Association told pollsters that they neither value nor focus on employee loyalty. Only one in five agreed that promoting employee loyalty is a major focus at their organization. And just a third of managers surveyed think there is a direct relationship between employee loyalty and corporate profits.

This perhaps startling news was distilled from a survey of more than 1,200 executives, managers and employees. The survey also revealed that 52 percent of company executives — and 61 percent of large company respondents — believe employee loyalty has dropped since the recession.

Only 11 percent said they felt their workers were more loyal today than five years ago. The rest said loyalty seemed about the same.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.