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

A new paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) authored by Tyler J. VanderWeele (Human Flourishing Program - Harvard), PhD, Eileen McNeely, PhD (SHINE - Harvard) ; Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH (Culture of Health - Harvard) explores how even more holistic measures of “well-being” from medicine, psychology, economics, sociology, and government, while come closer to capturing an individual’s complete well-being, still often fall short.... Read more about New Paper on Reimagining Health & Flourishing in JAMA