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Does it pay for firms to invest in their workers' wellbeing?

17 November 2014

It is generally agreed that firms can improve their employees' wellbeing through improvements in job quality - but is it in their economic interests to do so? This column reports research showing that satisfied employees and higher productivity go together. Analysis of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey finds that employee job satisfaction is positively associated with workplace financial performance, labour productivity, and the quality of output and service.

This article was published by Vox on November 17, 2014
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