Abstract:
Zulea noticed seemingly striking similarities between employees in various offices over her years in the workplace. She found that employees who seemed happier with their lives outside of work also came across as happier with the realities in the workplace. She wondered whether someone satisfied with their personal lives, family, etc. then would also performed better because they were happier at work too.
Eventually Zulea found a top-notch Kenyan consulting firm to fund her to conduct research on whether such a linkage exists. The consulting firm felt that any correlations between life satisfaction and employee performance could significantly aid its client firms. The implications could become immense as companies could provide simple services that boost employee quality of life as a possible way to boost its own profits. It seemed like a win-win for employees and employers and the consulting firm in return could sell the research solutions to its clients. However, the research idea needed testing and validation.
Given the backing of the consulting firm, Zulea proceeded to go forth with her research idea. Her idea could prove revolutionary for businesses, but where to begin?
Clearly, Zuela needed to conduct a thorough review of existing research studies to see whether anyone else ever uncovered such a link. She searched credible sources of literature and uncovered existing research that tied employees’ life satisfaction to their job satisfaction and then to job performance. Zuela felt reassured that her observations were supported by substantial research. However, she simultaneously felt sad that many other researchers already uncovered and validated the link that she hoped to uncover.
Description:
An article on the Business Daily Newspaper by Professor Scott serves as the Director of the New Economy Venture Accelerator (NEVA) and Chair of the Faculty Senate at the United States International University-Africa,
