關注員工快樂的附加價值

雖然研究結論並沒有下這樣的結論，但是快樂員工的出席率比較高、缺席率也低。

雇主試著去落實上面三個造就快樂員工的因素是第一步。下一步可以特別徵求員工的意見，看看如何滿足他們的需要。或是辦一個小聚會，在那裏他們可以表達自己的想法，他們的想法也會被認真地看待。

員工的快樂和福祉不應只達到最低的要求而已。積極地建立產生快樂員工的環境，是一件正確而且應該做的事。

如果今天角色互換，雇主變成員工，員工變成雇主，你希望怎麼被對待呢？你希望自己的工作環境如何呢?如同登山寶訓所說的：「所以，無論何事，你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人，因為這就是律法和先知的道理。」(馬太福音7:12)

我們通常假設驅策員工的動機主要是經濟上的報酬或其他有形的利益。但是最有價值和貢獻最多的員工，通常是那些快樂、享受工作和被感謝的員工。

數千年前，所羅門王在傳道書寫到：「神賜人資財豐富，使他能以吃用，能取自己的分，在他勞碌中喜樂，這乃是　神的恩賜。」

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Although the research did not make this conclusion, employee attendance levels likely would also be higher and absentee levels lower when they feel happy and fulfilled in the work they perform.

Trying to implement the three factors cited above would be a good first step. We could learn more specifically how to fulfill these needs by soliciting suggestions from them, or conducting small group meetings where their ideas are welcomed and thoughtfully considered.

But employee happiness and contentment should involve more than a desire to improve the company”s bottom line. Striving to establish a work environment that is conducive to happy workers is also the right thing to do.

Consider if roles were reversed – that your employees, or the people who report to you, were instead the employer and you were reporting to them. How would you want to be treated? What kind of working environment would you desire to have provided for you? In what is often referred to as his “Sermon on the Mount,” Jesus told his followers, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you” (Matthew 7:12).

Often we presume workers are motivated primarily by financial compensation and other tangible benefits. However, employees that prove to be the most valuable, the ones most likely to remain high contributors to the company, are those that also derive intangible benefits such as feeling happy, fulfilled and appreciated for the work they do.

Thousands of years ago, King Solomon of Israel made this observation in Ecclesiastes 5:19 – “When God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work – this is a gift of God."

Copyright 2013, Integrity Resource Center, Inc. Adapted with permission from "Integrity Moments with Rick Boxx," a commentary on issues of integrity in the workplace from a Christian perspective. To learn more about Integrity Resource Center or to sign up for Rick”s daily Integrity Moments, visit www.integrityresource.org. His book, How to Prosper in Business Without Sacrificing Integrity, gives a biblical approach for doing business with integrity.