According to the study, remote employees do in fact feel less engaged. The study is being done by audience engagement technology company, Emotive Technologies which conducted the behavioral-based in-depth survey of 395 workers at two time points, measuring both what drives their engagement and their current level of work engagement. The study is being conducted in partnership with academic institutions including Harvard, Columbia and UC Berkeley and includes a mix of gender and ethnicities while focusing on an average salary of $56,863.17 and an average age of 38.51 years.