Loved the office, took the job

Type	Magazine Article
Author(s)	Barber,C.
Publication year	2000
URL (web address)	http://proquest.umi.com
Notes	ID: BARBER2000; Describes the North American business world's growing interest in creating "happy employees" to affect the bottom line goes well beyond sentimentality. An example given is Watson Wyatt's WorkUSA 2000 survey asking more than 7,500 American workers what they thought about their jobs and their companies. The consultants used workers' answers to calculate employee commitment, and then examined how the companies' shareholders had done over a three-year period. The closeness of the relationship is startling. Whereas companies with low commitment levels from their employees had a three-year return to shareholders of 76 percent, companies that exhibited the highest rate of happy workers had a shareholder return of 112 percent. The committed workers described their companies as "employers of choice"-places they wouldn't leave for a comparable salary elsewhere. The work place is increasingly seen as a signal of the corporate commitment or otherwise.; RP: NOT IN FILE
Publication	Facilities Design and Management
Volume	19
Issue	9
Start page	57
End page	59

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