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Social Psychology and Society
2012. Vol. 3, no. 1, 26–43
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)

Work Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being in Employees as a Factor of Organisational Effectiveness (On the Example of Foreign Studies)

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V.A. Hvostikova

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Abstract

The article addresses the problem of improving organisational effectiveness though employees' involvement, focusing in particular on the impact of employees' work satisfaction on the productivity of their activities. Apart from analysing the data obtained in foreign researches, the article also focuses on the concrete effects of work satisfaction and outlines the relation between employee's well-being and such social qualities, as cooperation, activity, motivation, health, creativity etc.

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Keywords: satisfaction, emotions, effectiveness, happiness, professional activity, productivity, organisation, employee

Journal rubric: Theoretical Research

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Hvostikova V.A. Work Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being in Employees as a Factor of Organisational Effectiveness (On the Example of Foreign Studies). Sotsial'naya psikhologiya i obshchestvo = Social Psychology and Society, 2012. Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 26–43. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Valentina A. Hvostikova, PhD Student at the Chair of Social Psychology at the Russian State University for the Humanities (L. S. Vygotsky Institute for Psychology), Moscow, Russia, e-mail: Hvostikova_Valentina@mail.ru

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