India, April 8 -- The annual Gallup survey released on Wednesday studied the mood and well-being of employees across 160 countries and found that employee engagement dipped for the second year in a row, with the South Asia region registering the sharpest drop in employee engagement over the past year driven by India. The region also recorded the least number of employees who identified as thriving, and the highest number of those who reported daily sadness.

Among the Indian respondents, the data revealed sharp changes in employee engagement across two categories - actively disengaged and engaged - over a 15-year period, with the former decreasing, and the latter increasing by several points. However, the survey recorded a continued dip i...