When a "happy" worker is really a "productive" worker: A review and further refinement of the happy-productive worker thesis.

By Russell S. Cropanzano, T. A. Wright. 2001

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Life Satisfaction and Student Performance. (2005, background): “For this reason, unhappy people (a) are sensitive to threats in their work environment, (b) are defensive and cautious around their coworkers, and (c) are less optimistic and confident (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001: 183).”
Job embeddedness, work engagement and turnover intention of staff in a higher education institution: An exploratory study (2013, background): “Secondly, engaged employees were seen to be more open to work opportunities and more confident and optimistic (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001).”
Human resource management–well‐being–performance research revisited: Past, present, and future (2019, background): “…is an extensive theoretical literature in this area, ranging from Fredrickson's (2001) “broaden-and-build,” theory to key aspects of COR theory (Hobfol, 1989), to a variety of different theories that have been advanced in support of the “happy–productive” worker thesis (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001).”
A diary study on the happy worker: How job resources relate to positive emotions and personal resources (2012, background): “Happy workers are a valuable asset for organizations (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001 ).”
The Structure of Affect: Reconsidering the Relationship Between Negative and Positive Affectivity (2003, methodology): “However, when these axes are rotated by 45◦ two other factors appear (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001; Judge & Larsen, 2001).”
Flexible working and happiness in the NHS (2011, background): “In this emergent body of work, happiness is operationalised as subjective wellbeing rather than job satisfaction (Wright, 2006), which posits a strong case for the happiness/job performance link (Cropanzano and Wright, 2001; Warr, 2007).”
The Happy-Productive Worker Thesis Revisited (2008, background): “Cropanzano and Wright (2001) have highlighted the fact that some of this inconsistency could be due to differences in the happiness indicators employed by different researchers, and Fisher (2003) suggests that”
Why Does Affect Matter in Organizations (2007, methodology): “This relationship has held in experimental, cross-sectional, and longitudinal studies, even after controlling for possible confounding variables and using both objective and subjective ratings (see review in Cropanzano & Wright, 2001).”
Job Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being as Nonadditive Predictors of Workplace Turnover (2007, background): “It refers to one’s life as a whole (Cropanzano & Wright, 2001; Diener, Sandvik, Seidlitz, & Diener, 1993).”