A study reiterating the importance of workplace wellbeing suggests promoting healthy and constructive relationships between employees.
It has been clear for some time that traditional workforce management strategies incentivizing results at the cost of personal health and wellness are on their way out. The changing composition of the workforce has changed employee priorities and put workplace well-being on the map like never before. In a recent report titled ‘Well-being in the workplace,’ The Myers-Briggs Company analyzed this critical concept by exploring the meaning of workplace well-being, discussing the most effective activities to increase it and studying its benefits for both people and organizations. With over 10,000 participants from over 131 countries working across 23 broad occupations, the scope of the study was truly global in nature. Let’s review some of the most significant findings of the research.
Well-being in the workforce
The report highlights several interesting trends regarding well-being in the workplace. For instance, the report notes that well-being improves with age. This is not entirely unprecedented because conventional wisdom says that aspects of human development improve with age and moreover, older employees are more likely to have achieved successes that result in a feeling of happiness and well-being. Similarly, gender plays a role in workplace well-being, as well. Although both men and women employees who participated in the study displayed similar levels of well-being, women reported slightly higher levels of ‘engagement’ and ‘positive emotions,' suggesting that women’s overall well-being is probably linked to positive emotions, level of interest and the enjoyment they get from their work.
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