Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link

Isham, Amy; Mair, Simon; Jackson, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106989

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“…Second, farmers who experience positive emotions can work more effectively. Their communication and management also improve (Isham et al , 2021). Effective farm management contributes to higher maize output.…”

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“…We draw upon the existing literature on subjective well-being and productivity to select the control variables (e.g. Devoto et al , 2012; Frijters and Beatton, 2012; Gul and Pesendorfer, 2007; Isham et al , 2021; Kollamparambil, 2020; Liu et al , 2020; Narayanan, 2016; Zhou et al , 2020). Specially, we include age, gender, education, off-farm work, cadre, household size, farm size, land certification, machinery, subsidy, access to credit, car ownership and location dummies as the control variables.…”

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“…Investigating the linkage between workers' well-being and productivity (e.g. labor productivity or total factor productivity) has become increasingly popular as improving productivity is the key to economic growth (DiMaria et al , 2020; Isham et al , 2021). Subjective well-being has attracted attention because it is a valuable alternative to monitoring people's quality of life beyond traditional economic measures such as income and expenditure (Zhu et al , 2021).…”

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“…DiMaria et al (2020) analyzed a sample of 20 European countries and found that life satisfaction significantly increases productivity at the individual and firm levels. In their review on worker well-being and productivity in advanced economies, Isham et al (2021) emphasized that high job satisfaction is linked with higher individual and organizational productivity, but sometimes, the positive relationship is affected by resource-intensive mediators.…”

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Happiness and farm productivity: insights from maize farmers in China

Vatsa

Zhou

et al. 2021

IJSE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between farmers' happiness and farm productivity, taking maize production in China as an example.Design/methodology/approachThe conditional mixed process model is employed to account for the endogeneity that inevitably arises in regression models studying happiness and estimate the 2015 China Household Finance Survey data.FindingsThe empirical results show that a higher level of farmers' happiness is associated with higher maize productivity. The marginal return in maize productivity changes unevenly with increments in farmers' self-reported happiness on a five-point Likert scale. Farmers' happiness is positively determined by their age, educational level, farm size, machinery ownership, access to agricultural subsidy and car ownership. Machinery ownership and access to credit are two important factors that improve maize productivity.Research limitations/implicationsThe finding suggests that promoting the subjective well-being of farmers is conducive to higher productivity and improved national food security. The results have implications for China and other developing countries aiming for sustainable agricultural development.Originality/valueFirm-level data show that workers' happiness improves productivity. However, it is still unclear whether farmworkers' happiness affects farm productivity. Thus, this study provides the first empirical analysis of the impact of farmworkers' happiness on farm productivity.

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“…Our second hypothesis stems from contributions from the economics literature, which documents the positive impact of SWB on productivity performance (Clark 2018; DiMaria, Peroni, and Sarracino 2019; Ford et al 2011; Isham, Mair, and Jackson 2020; Oswald, Proto, and Sgroi 2015): H 2 : Workers with high (low) levels of SWB are likely to be more (less) productive in the workplace. H 1 and H 2 imply that recreational dance has an indirect effect on productivity, mediated by well-being. Other studies have considered well-being as a mediator.…”

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Shall We Dance? Recreational Dance, Well-Being and Productivity Performance During COVID-19: A Three-Country Study

Vecchi¹,

Elf²,

Ueno³

et al. 2022

Journal of International Marketing

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Mental health issues are increasingly prevalent worldwide, emphasizing the need to research antecedents and consequences of well-being. Prior research shows that within organizations, higher levels of subjective well-being (SWB) promote productivity performance. Building on this research, the authors hypothesize that recreational dance positively influences productivity through higher SWB. Survey data from Brazil, Italy, and the United Kingdom reveal that recreational dancers are more productive than nondancers due to their higher intrinsic motivation and SWB. Dancing has an additional direct effect on productivity, beyond the mediating role of SWB. The results indicate well-being and productivity improvements in all three countries, although they show a moderating effect such that the relationship between recreational dance and SWB is stronger when social norms are perceived to be looser. This study indicates potentially far-reaching benefits that could be achieved by including recreational dance in corporate well-being programs. International dance organizations could market dance classes as a pathway to increase productivity at work and explore synergies with public health marketing to promote the benefits of recreational dance in joint international campaigns.

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#SocialMediaWellness: Exploring a research agenda and conceptualization for healthy social media consumption

Mertz

Hass

Anderson

et al. 2023

J of Consumer Behaviour

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The crossroads of scholar and marketer concerns related to healthy social media usage is where this study extends the burgeoning literature on consumer well‐being in the digital area by exploring the topic of social media wellness, made more salient during the pandemic era. Consumers spend increasing amounts of time on social media despite experiencing numerous negative repercussions. Various disciplines have contributed to the examination of this topic; however, scant research has been conducted within the consumer research or marketing disciplines. Therefore, this paper aims to shed light on the need for social media wellness by (1) highlighting issues related to social media consumption, (2) introducing a conceptual definition of social media wellness, (3) exploring consumers' perceptions and experiences of social media usage through topic analysis, and (4) providing a research agenda for scholars to pursue. Following an exploratory observation of common topics surrounding social media wellness, specific hashtags and their corresponding posts were gathered from Twitter and then examined using the topic modeling method Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). Implications and future research are discussed accordingly.

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Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link

Cited by 63 publications

References 103 publications

Happiness and farm productivity: insights from maize farmers in China

Happiness and farm productivity: insights from maize farmers in China

Shall We Dance? Recreational Dance, Well-Being and Productivity Performance During COVID-19: A Three-Country Study

#SocialMediaWellness: Exploring a research agenda and conceptualization for healthy social media consumption

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