WELL-BEING Productivity and Happiness at Work

This book is the second edition of Well-being: Productivity and Happiness at Work that shows how to improve well-being in organizations. As with its predecessor, this new edition is remarkably timely. It explores the latest findings in the research on wel

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well-being productivity & happiness at work

SECOND EDITION

WELL-BEING

Sheena Johnson · Ivan Robertson Cary L. Cooper

WELL-BEING Productivity and Happiness at Work 2nd ed. 2018

Sheena Johnson Alliance Manchester Business School University of Manchester Manchester, UK

Cary L. Cooper Alliance Manchester Business School University of Manchester Manchester, UK

Ivan Robertson Robertson Cooper Ltd Manchester, UK

ISBN 978-3-319-62547-8 ISBN 978-3-319-62548-5  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62548-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017950683 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit : CatLane/iStock/Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

There can be no health without mental health United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Message on World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2010 We know that mental health is just as important to our overall well-being as our physical health First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama: Speech at “Change Direction” Mental Health Event, 4 March 2015 There is no escaping the fact that people with mental health problems are still not treated the same as if they have a physical ailment—or the fact that all of us— government, employers, schools, charities—need to do more to support all of our mental wellbeing UK Prime Minister Theresa May: Charity Commission Speech, 9 January 2017

Preface

This is the revised edition of a book first published in 2011 about wellbeing, productivity and happiness at work, and about ways to preserve and promote such phenomena. This new edition brings the information right up to date by includi