Does worker wellbeing affect workplace performance?

Alex Bryson; John Forth; Lucy Stokes

This paper uses linked employer-employee data to investigate the relationship between employees' subjective well-being and workplace performance in Britain. The analyses show a clear, positive and statistically-significant relationship between the average level of job satisfaction at the workplace and workplace performance. This finding is present in both cross-sectional and panel analyses and is robust to various estimation methods and model specifications. In contrast, we find no association between levels of job-related affect and workplace performance.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Bryson, Alex ; Forth, John ; Stokes, Lucy
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	subjective wellbeing \| job satisfaction \| job-related affect \| workplace performance \| Arbeitszufriedenheit \| Job satisfaction \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Zufriedenheit \| Satisfaction \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Arbeitsleistung \| Job performance \| Lebensqualität \| Quality of life