Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies – but is it actually making us happy?
This crucial question is explored by Oxford University researchers George Ward and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve in their new book Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters. Offering the richest, most comprehensive picture of workplace wellbeing yet, De Neve and Ward draw on the world’s largest dataset on employee wellbeing gathered in partnership with the jobs platform Indeed, to reveal the remarkable ways in which wellbeing at work varies across workers, occupations, companies, and industries.
To celebrate the book’s publication on March 25th, the authors will join us to discuss what their work means for employers and employees. Business leaders who want to succeed are well advised to take employee wellbeing seriously: the research demonstrates that improving wellbeing can boost productivity, aid in talent retention and recruitment, and ultimately improve financial performance.
De Neve and Ward’s new insights on workplace wellbeing offer practical guidance for anyone wanting to enhance the employee experience and shape the future of work.
We hope you can join us.
“Finally—a smart, complete, and readable account of the science of workplace well-being, along with practical advice about how to improve it. Forget all that nonsense about effective habits and visionary leadership—this is the book every executive, manager, and business owner should read.”
Professor Daniel Gilbert Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author, Stumbling on Happiness
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve is Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Oxford, where he directs the Wellbeing Research Centre. His research, published in top academic journals, was included among “The Management Ideas That Mattered Most” by Harvard Business Review. He is an editor of the World Happiness Report and coauthor of the preeminent textbook on wellbeing science. George Ward earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently the Mary Ewart Junior Research Fellow in Economics at Somerville College, University of Oxford. He coauthored The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course and has published widely on the topic of human wellbeing in leading academic journals.
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The event is hosted by Harvard Business Review and is free to attend. Click here to learn more about HBR and how to subscribe. For group subscriptions please email jmack@hbr.org
You can also purchase a copy of Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters at the discounted price of $30.00 by choosing the webinar + book/ebook ticket option. Please note the print edition can only be sent to US residents but the ebook is available wherever you are based.
