iPPQ
The iOpener People and Performance Questionnaire (iPPQ) is a psychometric tool, designed to assess workplace happiness and wellbeing. It is designed and administered by iOpener Ltd, a management consultancy firm based in Oxford, UK.
Happiness at work[edit]
Despite a large body of positive psychological research into the relationship between happiness and productivity,[1][2][3] and the development of corporate psychometric tools to assess factors such as personality profile and feedback (e.g. 360° feedback), the two fields of study have never previously been combined to produce a psychometric tool specifically designed to measure happiness in the workplace.[citation needed]
The iPPQ is the first and only example of this type of tool to date[when?].[citation needed]
Research[edit]
The tool was developed following the development of a model of workplace happiness[4] and research into the relationships between employee happiness, overtime, sick leave and intention to stay or leave,[5] conducted by Dr Laurel Edmunds and Jessica Pryce-Jones.
In addition to the academic articles cited above, iOpener's research into happiness at work has received widespread press coverage from publications including The Sunday Times,[6] Jobsite,[7] Legal Week[8] and Construction Today.[9][not in citation given]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Carr, A.: "Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths" Hove, Brunner-Routledge 2004
- ↑ Isen, A.; Positive Affect and Decision-making. In M. Lewis and J. Haviland Jones (eds), "Handbook of Emotions" (2nd edition), pp. 417-436. New York, Guilford Press 2000
- ↑ Buss, D. The Evolution of Happiness, "American Psychologist" Vol. 55 (2000) pp. 15-23
- ↑ Dutton V.M., Edmunds L.D.: “A model of workplace happiness”, Selection & Development Review, Vol. 23, No.1, 2007
- ↑ “Relationships between employee happiness, overtime, sick leave and intention to stay or leave”, Selection & Development Review, Vol. 24, No.2, 2008[dead link]
- ↑ “Make sure people are happy in their job”, The Sunday Times 25/06/08[dead link]
- ↑ “How to be Happy at Work”, Jobsite 02/04/2009[dead link]
- ↑ “The pursuit of happiness”, Legal Week 13/11/2008[dead link]
- ↑ “Increasing Employee Morale”, Construction Today 15/10/2008
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