Abstract

REGO, Arménio. Empregados felizes são mais produtivos?. Tékhne [online]. 2009, n.12, pp.215-233. ISSN 1645-9911.

The study shows how five dimensions of affective well-being at work (comfort, pleasure, enthusiasm, vigor and placidity) predict a measure of self-reported individual performance. A sample comprising 272 employees working in 132 organizations was collected. The main findings are as follow: (a) affective well-being at work explains 23% of variance of self-reported individual performance; (b) the main predictors are enthusiasm and vigor.

Keywords : happiness; affective well-being at work; self-reported individual performance.

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