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Monika Ardelt
Professor of Sociology
| Re-humanizing the Workplace: The Characteristics and Benefits of Wise Organizations | |
| Audience: | Adults |
| Description: | Research shows that wisdom benefits individuals, but is this also true for organizations? To answer this question, this presentation first compares the characteristics of wise and not-so-wise organizations in the areas of goals, approach, range, characteristics of leaders and employees, and perception of aging. Guided by this framework, we created a novel wise organization index and tested the effects of wise organizations and wise leadership on employees’ job fulfillment and physical and subjective well-being in two different studies that included a total of 33 organizations and 2751 employees. The results suggest that wise organizations encourage wise leadership, and wise leadership, in turn, fosters job fulfillment, which benefits employees’ physical and subjective well-being. Hence, wise organizations ultimately enhance workers’ well-being, which likely contributes to the success and reputation of the organization through higher employee productivity and better customer service. |
| Subject Areas: |
Business Administration Humanities Social Sciences |
| Keywords: |
Employees' physical well-being Employees' subjective well-being Job fulfillment Wise leadership Wise organizations |
| Duration: | 1 hour or less |
| Fee: | Greater than $500 |
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