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Employee Wellbeing, Productivity, and Firm Performance

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Krekel, Christian, Ward, George, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel·2019·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3356581
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Does higher employee wellbeing lead to higher productivity, and, ultimately, to tangible benefits to the bottom line of businesses? We survey the evidence and study this question in a meta-analysis of 339 independent research studies, including the wellbeing of 1,882,131 employees and the performance of 82,248 business units, originating from 230 independent organisations across 49 industries in the Gallup client database. We find a significant, strong positive correlation between employees' satisfaction with their company and employee productivity and customer loyalty, and a strong negative correlation with staff turnover. Ultimately, higher wellbeing at work is positively correlated with more business-unit level profitability.

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  15. I know what is expected of me at work
  16. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right
  17. At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day
  18. In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for doing good work. 5. My supervisor, or someone at work, seems to care about me as a person. 6. There is someone at work who encourages my development
  19. My associates or fellow employees are committed to doing quality work. 10. I have a best friend at work. 11. In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress. 12. This last year, I have had opportunities at work to learn and grow, They cannot be reprinted or reproduced in any manner without the written consent of Gallup. Copyright 1993-1998, Gallup, 8

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Authors
Krekel, C., Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E.
Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.3356581
OpenAlex
W2933918915
Cited by
317
References
69
Type
posted content
Language
en
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