Happy, Mindful, and Productive Workers

Factors impacting the Czech employees' job satisfaction

“…This empirical study contributed to the body of knowledge on the factors impacting employees' job satisfaction in the context of the Czech Republic. Inspired by the international (Kaiser, 2007;Wilczyńska et al, 2016;Coo et al, 2020) and Czech context unique studies (Franěk et al, 2014;Čábelková et al, 2015;Uhlíř and Řehoř, 2020), the provided findings extend the regional state of the art from the perspective of statistically representative empirical analysis of Czech employees (N=12,699), extracted from the 2017 edition of the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS). This article's novelty is a more complex understanding of the occupational and organizational aspects of job satisfaction.…”

“…This research study aims to contribute to the existing body of knowledge, studying drivers of job satisfaction from the perspective of job-related determinants and individual characteristics. Previous research has identified broad, impactful factors, including age, gender, educational level, type of contract and profession, family and life circumstances (Kaiser, 2007;Coo et al, 2020;Canzio et al, 2022), as well as employer characteristics, work conditions, and motivation (Micu, 2016;Wilczyńska et al, 2016) and policy interventions (Huang et al, 2017). The happy-productive worker model assumes that all these variables, i.e., individual-level, organization and work-related, and country-specific, serve as essential mediators in determining job satisfaction levels (Aziri, 2011).…”

The Influence of Mindfulness and Social Connectedness in Strengthening Job Embeddedness through Sustainable Well-Being as a Mediator Variable at Industrial Estate Area - Bekasi Regency

“…Happy employees increase the happiness of consumers, so that consumers are more loyal to the product (See also Hussinki et al, 2018) . On the other hand, there is also a group of employees whose productivity decreases when they are happy, while on the other hand, there is a group of employees whose productivity increases when they are sad (Coo et al, 2020). Happy employees improve the company's reputation in society (see also Hussinki et al, 2018) Research on social resources shows that social relations make employees more embedded in their work (Jia et al, 2020).…”