In December 2015 Sean Graber one of the co-founders of Virtuali, wrote and article for Harvard Business Review called "The Two Sides of Employee Engagement" in which he identified "9 Employee Engagement Archetypes" which categorised employees based on their perceptions of their jobs and their behaviours at work.
The model provides a valuable framework for organisations to understand their employees' engagement levels and tailor their strategies accordingly.
All-Star
Highly engaged, positive, and high-performing
Workhorse
Dedicated, hardworking, but potentially feeling undervalued or burned out.
Brat
Disengaged, negative, and resistant to change.
Martyr
Highly engaged, but suffering in silence due to heavy workload or lack of recognition.
Saboteur
Disengaged, destructive, and intentionally harming the company.
Cynic
Disengaged, negative, but not actively harming the company.
Delinquent
Disengaged, indifferent, and performing poorly.
Drifter
Disengaged, indifferent, and not actively harming or helping the company.
Underachiever
Disengaged, negative, but not actively harming the company.
