Does workplace morale affect productivity?
by Catherine Fenwick ã 2000 I’ve always thought that you can feel the morale in a place, you just have to walk in the door and observe people doing their work and interacting with each other to get a sense of how satisfied people are at work. In most of my writing and speaking, I focus on the psycho-social needs of workers, but the question came up as to whether we could measure morale. I recently checked the current research and literature and updated my notes on workplace morale, here’s what I found. The best employers design workplace health programs that focus on organizational issues as well as psycho-social practices of workers. Overall health is the responsibility of the individual worker and the organization. There are many dimensions of wellness which include the individual, organizational, social and cultural factors as well as their interactions. Some of these dimensions are physical, environmental, emotional, social, cultural, mental and spiritual. It is the responsibility
