Reward and recognition key to workplace success
Employers need to think in terms of reward and recognition in order to keep their workers happy, one expert has claimed.
This could mean introducing commission for those in sales jobs among firms that do not already have such a reward system in place.
However, research by City & Guilds suggests that money is not necessarily a determining factor when it comes to workplace happiness and preventing employees from seeking sales recruitment elsewhere.
Of the 1,000 adults across the 20 professions surveyed, builders were often as likely to be unhappy in their work as city bankers.
Psychologist at Lancaster University, Professor Cary Cooper, told the Telegraph that employers need to confront employee happiness on a much more personal level.
He said: "It provides a call to action for the business community to rethink its reward and recognition strategies and consider employees' needs on an individual basis."
Chefs were among some of the happiest employees, claiming that a better work and life balance helped keep them chirpy in the workplace.
Beauty therapists and hairdressers also made the it to the top of the list.
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Filed: 11-06-2008
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