Employee wellbeing statistics for high-performing workplaces

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About WL-Q assesment

WL-Q measures psychological wellbeing across 9 key areas and 27 more detailed topics for a deeper view. Each person gets a free, confidential report with recommendations to improve their wellbeing and advice on how to use their strengths to make a positive impact.

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9 Dimensions of Wellbeing

Identity

A strong sense of self, with clear understanding of your own personality, values and beliefs.

Purpose

A meaningful reason for existence that inspires people to give their best

Personal resources

The inner strengths that help people to face new challenges with confidence, adapt to daily demands, in a way to keep learning and developing over time

Boundaries

Setting clear boundaries protects your energy, supports your wellbeing, and helps build healthy relationships.

Wisdom

Cultivating curiosity and openness to different perspectives helps people to stay hopeful, be resilient and respond flexibly to change and new opportunities

Paradox / Control

The balance between taking control and influencuing circumstances vs acknowledging life’s challenges and complexities

Integration/ Transcendence

The ability to built connected relationships that align with shared goals and interests for sustainable well-being.

Self-reflection

Self-reflection involves introspection that helps you grow, improve emotional intelligence, and change how you see yourself and others.

Social-wellbeing

The ability to cultivate healthy relationships and meaningful interactions in both local and global communities, which are key to good mental health and social well-being.

Psychological wellbeing trends

OVERALL WELLBEING SCORES

Ongoing WL-Q measurements show a high level of psychological wellbeing among surveyed individuals (68%). While this may reflect the sample's demographic (internet-enabled executives, managers and employees), it also indicates that people have strong psychological resources to handle stress.

LOWEST AND HIGHEST SCORES

Social wellbeing and Purpose are the lowest scores. Wisdom and Integration are the highest scores. The table highlights the percentage (%) of the overall data thus far.

How do various groups differ?

Differences in some of the demographic groupings amongst participants that completed WL-Q are apparent. Together with analysis of the Workplace Health Index (the WHI measures organisational factors that contribute to healthy employee functioning), these findings provide valuable information for corporate organisations to design inclusive wellbeing strategies, based on evidence-based measures.

NOTE: We utilised the Standardised Mean Difference (SMD) to report large effect sizes as follows: SMD values of 0.2 to 0.5 are considered small, 0.5 to 0.8 are considered medium, and greater than 0.8 are considered large. Only large effect sizes were reported, with the exception of Male/ Female split where medium effect sizes were also reported).

Executives vs Team Members

Executives' overall psychological wellbeing appears to be higher than team members'. They score higher on a broad range of wellbeing sub-constructs: Goal-seeking , Self-esteem , Self acceptance, Healthy narcissism , Creativity, Authenticity, Environmental mastery, Optimism ,Task boundaries, Stress management, Curiosity, Aesthetics, Autonomy, Connectedness, Forgiveness/ Mediation, Social integration and Self knowledge.

Males vs Females

While overall levels of wellbeing for males and females are similar, there are nuanced differences. Females score higher than males on Aesthetics, Goal-seeking, Social integration, Authenticity, Healthy narcissism and Self knowledge. Males score higher on Creativity. Both males and females are At Risk for high levels of stress, but males have slightly more stress management skills than females.

Young Adults vs Older Adults

Young adults (< 40 years of age) exhibit lower levels of Goal-seeking behaviour, Authenticity, Task boundaries, Forgiveness, Self-esteem, Social integration, Time boundaries, Self acceptance and Healthy narcissism.

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