SHINE Director, Dr. Eileen McNeely, presented a new paper titled "The Things that Matter Most at Work for Flourishing in Life: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Well-being in Apparel Supply Chain Workers" at ILO's 6th Regulating for Decent Work conference on Work and Well-being in the 21st Century.  

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This paper aimed to identify drivers for worker well-being (such as job satisfaction, worker engagement, and self-assessed work performance) among Mexican apparel factory workers and their association with work outcomes, controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and job-related variables. The researchers hypothesized that job resources and resources in life (which can be provided by employers) contribute to work outcomes and worker well-being, and that the influence of job or life resources on well-being is mediated by work outcomes.

Workplace harassment and abuse, especially against women, occur with great frequency worldwide. Estimates suggest that as many as 50% of U.S. women experience sexual harassment during their working lives, but only a minority report it. Studies indicate that workplace abuse and stress are related to poorer mental health, including sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and symptoms, and psychological distress.  Exposure to workplace stress has also been associated with increased musculoskeletal injuries and disorders and a higher cardiovascular risk...

A new paper examines psychometric properties of the Flourish Index (FI) and Secure Flourish Index (SFI) in the workplace setting.  Written by Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska and Eileen McNeely of SHINE and Tyler J. VanderWeele of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, this paper specifically explores the psychometric properties of the FI and SFI in the working population of 5565 office and manufacturing employees of two US Fortune 500 manufacturing companies.... Read more about New paper on the Flourish Index & Secure Flourish Index as validation in the workplace