Happiness and Productivity

Some firms say they care about the well-being and “happiness” of their employees. But are such claims hype or scientific good sense? We provide evidence, for a classic piece rate setting, that happiness makes people more productive. In three different styles of experiment, randomly selected individu...

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Volume:	33
Main Author:	Andrew J. Oswald Eugenio Proto Daniel Sgroi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	CHICAGO University of Chicago Press 01.10.2015 UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
published in:	Journal of labor economics Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 789 - 822
ORCID:	0000-0001-9575-2640 0000-0001-7766-6503
Data of publication:	20151001
ISSN:	0734-306X 1537-5307
EISSN:	1537-5307
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Productivity Happiness Addition Life events Questionnaires Wellbeing Placebos Standard error Movies Snacking Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Economic aspects Forecasts and trends Labor productivity POSITIVE AFFECT JOB SATISFACTION MOOD PERFORMANCE INFORMATION COMPETITION UNHAPPY EARNINGS LIFE SATISFACTION MOTIVATION
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS