Top 5 traits Singaporean ICM professionals want in company culture

Singapore Computer Society (SCS), the nation’s largest body for infocomm and digital media (ICM) professionals, conducted a poll with 343 ICM professionals and students to find out what motivates them to work and what they consider a “culture of success”.

These are the key findings from the poll –

Top five traits that respondents believe are most important to organisational culture:

• Open-minded management who are willing to accept new ideas – 65%
• Have a collegial environment that is grounded in kinship – 59%
• Have a culture of open communication – 53%
• Employees are empowered to have a sense of ownership – 50%
• Have inspiring leaders – 49%

Factors that Singaporeans look out for during a job hunt:

• Job scope/Duty of Role – 36%
• Opportunity for advancement – 33%
• Working environment – 31%

HR policies and practices that are important to respondents:

• Work-life balance – 83%
• Friendly work environment – 62%
• Good compensation and benefits – 65%

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