In proposing a definition of workplace wellbeing, we build on a decades-long field of research on SWB that has thought extensively about the nature of wellbeing as people experience it themselves as well as studied the validity and reliability of such measures. [...] To move forward and develop a useful body of evidence on the topic, we must learn and build on the existing literatures on job satisfaction, affect in the workplace, and workplace purpose and meaning. [...] 10 doi.org/10.5287/ora-exxjkdzym Wellbeing Research Centre, Oxford 2303 | Working Paper Series 3.2 Anatomy of survey questions on wellbeing Although we noted above that there is by now a large body of evidence, spanning multiple decades of interdisciplinary work, that has focused on the reliability and validity of measures of SWB, much of the challenge in limiting the potential biases in such data. [...] This is true both in terms of where in the survey the module of SWB questions is asked as well as the order in which the questions are asked within the SWB question module. [...] These questions can be adapted and supplemented with additional items depending on the specific goals of the research or assessment.15 4.1 Job satisfaction In Table A1, we summarize the question wordings for single-item job satisfaction from some of the most widely-known and commonly-used surveys, such as the major household panel surveys in the UK, Germany, and Australia as well as in the Interna.
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