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Employee wellbeing, productivity, and firm performance: Evidence from 1.8 million employees

21 April 2019

A growing number of companies place a high priority on the wellbeing of their workers, assuming that happier workers will lead to improved productivity. This column examines this link based on a meta-analysis of independent studies accumulated by Gallup, covering the wellbeing and productivity of nearly 2 million employees and the performance of over 80,000 business units, originating from 230 independent organisations across 49 industries in 73 countries. The results suggest a strong positive correlation between employee wellbeing, productivity, and firm performance.

Krekel, C, G Ward and J-E De Neve (2018), "Work and wellbeing: a global perspective", in J Sachs (ed.), Global Happiness Policy Report.

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