Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea that happy employees work harder. In the laboratory, they found happiness made people around 12% more productive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Professor Andrew Oswald, Dr Eugenio Proto and Dr Daniel Sgroi from the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick led the research.<\/p>\n This is the first causal evidence using randomized trials and piece-rate working. The study, to be published in the Journal of Labor Economics<\/em>, included four different experiments with more than 700 participants.<\/p>\n During the experiments a number of the participants were either shown a comedy movie clip or treated to free chocolate, drinks and fruit<\/strong>. Others were questioned about recent family tragedies, such as bereavements, to assess whether lower levels of happiness were later associated with lower levels of productivity.<\/p>\n Professor Oswald said: “Companies like Google have invested more in employee support and employee satisfaction has risen as a result<\/strong>. For Google, it rose by 37%, they know what they are talking about. Under scientifically controlled conditions, making workers happier really pays off.”<\/p>\n Dr Sgroi added: “The driving force seems to be that happier workers use the time they have more effectively, increasing the pace at which they can work without sacrificing quality<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n Dr Proto said the research had implications for employers and promotion policies.<\/p>\n He said: “We have shown that happier subjects are more productive, the same pattern appears in four different experiments<\/strong>. This research will provide some guidance for management in all kinds of organizations, they should strive to make their workplaces emotionally healthy for their workforce.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the University of Warwick media release: Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick. Economists carried out a number of… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[349,10,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16561,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16559\/revisions\/16561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"workplace_walking_stairs\"](\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/workplace_walking_stairs.jpg\")
<\/a>Happiness makes people more productive at work<\/strong>, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick.<\/p>\n