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

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    Publication date
    2021-06
    Author
    Isham, A.
    Mair, Simon
    Jackson, T.
    Keyword
    Health
    Wellbeing
    Productivity
    Productivity growth
    Workplace factors
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    © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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    Yes
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    Gold
    
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    Abstract
    Labour productivity is a key concept for understanding the way modern economies use resources and features prominently in ecological economics. Ecological economists have questioned the desirability of labour productivity growth on both environmental and social grounds. In this paper we aim to contribute to ongoing debates by focusing on the link between labour productivity and worker wellbeing. First, we review the evidence for the happy-productive worker thesis, which suggests labour productivity could be improved by increasing worker wellbeing. Second, we review the evidence on ways that productivity growth may undermine worker wellbeing. We find there is experimental evidence demonstrating a causal effect of worker wellbeing on productivity, but that the relationship can also sometimes involve resource-intensive mediators. Taken together with the evidence of a negative impact on worker wellbeing from productivity growth, we conclude that a relentless pursuit of productivity growth is potentially counterproductive, not only in terms of worker wellbeing, but even in terms of long-term productivity.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18348
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    Citation
    Isham A, Mair S and Jackson T (2021) Worker wellbeing and productivity in advanced economies: Re-examining the link. Ecological Economics. 184: 106989.
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106989
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