The Role Of Work Environment
The work environment plays a major role in how people feel while working. The study found that wellbeing varies depending on where people work, who they are with, what other activities they combine with work, and when...
The work environment plays a major role in how people feel while working. The study found that wellbeing varies depending on where people work, who they are with, what other activities they combine with work, and when they work .[:cite[1]{ln=4}], [:cite[2]{ln=4}] Location matters: The negative association between work and happiness was about twice as large when people worked at their workplace compared with working at or from home.[:cite[3]{ln=1}] Working at the workplace was associated with an estimated 6.49 point reduction in happiness , compared with not working.[:cite[4]{ln=1}] Company matters: People generally felt better with friends or partners, while being with a boss was described as worse than being alone; working with peers was more positive than working alone.[:cite[3]{ln=3}], [:cite[3]{ln=5}], [:cite[3]{ln=7}] Time matters: Work during normal weekday hours was associated with roughly a 5% reduction in happiness, while work before 6 a.m., after 6 p.m., or on weekends had an effect nearly half again as large.[:cite[5]{ln=3}], [:cite[5]{ln=4}] Work activities matter: Combining work with activities such as talking, listening to music, or watching television could reduce work’s negative effect on happiness or relaxation, although work generally remained associated with lower wellbeing.[:cite[6]{ln=1}], [:cite[6]{ln=4}], [:cite[7]{ln=1}] ==Bottom line: the environment can make work substantially more or less unpleasant, but it does not completely remove the general negative effect of paid work on momentary happiness and relaxation.==[:cite[2]{ln=1}], [:cite[2]{ln=2}], [:cite[2]{ln=3}]