Details
Subject
Guidelines;
Older workers;
Hotels & motels
Location
Singapore
Title
Creating a happy workplace: Royal Plaza on Scotts has introduced a series of innovative measures to keep its employees happy and motivated.
Author
Kan Kwok Leong
Publication title
The Business Times
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Nov 20, 2014
Year
2014
column
WINNER: HE XIA AWARD
Section
Hub
Publisher
The Financial Times Limited
Place of publication
Singapore
Country of publication
United Kingdom
Publication subject
Business And Economics
Source type
Newspapers
Language of publication
English
Document type
News
ProQuest document ID
1626366598
Document URL
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1626366598?accountid=32119
Cass Business School professor Cliff Oswick at the school's event on happiness in the workplace last year said happiness and wellbeing are not the same thing, but they treat them as if they are. They are a rhetorical coupling. Particularly since the start of the recession, workplace wellbeing has been high on the agenda for employers and more recently government and policy makers. As companies struggle to provide pay rises for staff, HR departments are seeking alternative ways of engaging with employees and boosting productivity levels. The word 'wellbeing', when used in the context of a workplace, often conjures up meanings linked both to mental and physical wellbeing under the umbrella of an employees' overall health. Reflecting these results, Robertson Cooper co-founder and professor of organisational psychology and health Cary Cooper believes that management has a key part to play in influencing the happiness of employees