THE WELLBEING LAB 2018 WORKPLACE SURVEY
November 2018
This research surveyed just over 1000 Australian employees on the state of their wellbeing in the workplace. This project led was by The Wellbeing Lab and Dr. Peggy Kern from the University of Melbourne, and supported by AHRI. This research reveals a renewed way of understanding wellbeing at the individual, team and organisational level, with core recommendations provided on how to improve workplace wellbeing.
Australian Workplace Wellbeing Snapshot
THE CURRENT STATE OF WORKPLACE WELLBEING IN AUSTRALIA
- Men were more likely to be consistently thriving.
- There are real no real age differences in the results.
- South Australians more likely to be consistently thriving than workers in other parts of Australia.
- Workers in the Consulting industry were more likely to be consistently thriving, while workers in the Mining and Resources industries were living well despite struggles.
- Workers in more senior job roles that have high levels of autonomy and control were more likely to be consistently thriving (i.e., directors 41.2% and C-suite 40.3% – almost double any other role in workplaces), while those in high responsibility/low power roles were more likely to be really struggling or just getting by (i.e., administrative roles 43.4% and sales/customer services role 44.1%)
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