Are you happy while you work?

Alex Bryson and George MacKerron

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Abstract: Happiness surveys typically ask people to say how they feel about their life experiences in retrospect, but smartphone technology makes it possible to collect responses on wellbeing 'in the moment'. The authors use this new 'Mappiness' data source to question whether we really are happy while we work.

Keywords: happiness; relaxation; work; wellbeing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 J0 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06
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Journal Article: Are You Happy While You Work? (2017)
Working Paper: Are You Happy While You Work? (2013)
Working Paper: Are you happy while you work? (2013)
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Working Paper: Are You Happy While You Work? (2012)
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