Well-Being Productivity and Happiness at Work
High levels of well-being at work is good for the employee and the organization. It means lower sickness-absence levels, better retention and more satisfied customers. People with higher levels of well-being live longer, have happier lives and are easier
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Ivan Robertson Director, Robertson Cooper Professor of Organizational Psychology, Leeds University Business School
and
Cary Cooper Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Director, Robertson Cooper Ltd
© Ivan Robertson and Cary Cooper 2011 Foreword © Lennart Levi 2011
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There can be no health without mental health United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Message on World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2010
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CONTENTS
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
x
Foreword
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
PART 1 WHY WELL-BEING MATTERS Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
For Individuals
3
PWB is linked to success and health
4
Causes of PWB
9
For Organizations
14
PWB and “presenteeism”
17
Workplace factors and PWB
19
Well-Being and Employee Engagement
27
PWB and engagement
32
An integrated approach to employee engagement and PWB
35
PART 2 WHAT IS WELL-BEING? Chapter 4
Psychological Well-Being
41
Psychological well-being – is there a set point?
41
Changes in PWB
44
Positive emotions
46
Meaning and purpose
48
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Chapter 5
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