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Happiness at Work

Many of us probably don’t associate “happiness” with “work.”

But maybe we should: Studies suggest that happy people are actually more productive and successful, and less likely to leave their jobs.

This quiz measures how happy you are when you’re on the clock. It’s based on research that has identified key factors to happiness at work.

For the first 20 items below, please select the response that best indicates how much you agree with each statement. There are no right or wrong answers, so please respond as honestly as possible. If you are an independent contractor, when you see “organization,” bring to mind people in your profession—that is, people who do the same kind of work as you. When you see “colleague,” bring to mind people who you interact with during work, such as clients, vendors, or peers in your field.

The final six questions will help our research team see how people’s levels of happiness at work relate to factors like gender, age, and profession.

When you're done, you'll get your happiness-at-work score, along with ideas for cultivating more happiness at work.

Any responses submitted here will never be shared with any organization outside the Greater Good Science Center under any circumstances, ever. All responses are anonymized and only used in aggregate for evaluation purposes.

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  1. Please provide your best estimate of your annual household income in USD (before taxes).

Please provide your best estimate of your annual household income in USD (before taxes).

  1. Less than $25,000
  2. 25,000−25,000 - 25,000−49,999
  3. 50,000−50,000 - 50,000−74,999
  4. 75,000−75,000 - 75,000−99,999
  5. 100,000−100,000 - 100,000−124,999
  6. 125,000−125,000 - 125,000−149,999
  7. 150,000−150,000 - 150,000−174,999
  8. 175,000−175,000 - 175,000−199,999
  9. Over $200,000

Adapted from:

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Cameron, K., Mora, C., Leutscher, T., & Calarco, M. (2011). Effects of positive practices on organizational effectiveness. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 47(3), 266–308.

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Rich, B. L., Lepine, J. A., & Crawford, E. R. (2010). Job engagement: Antecedents and effects on job performance. Academy of Management Journal, 53(3), 617–35.

Schaufeli, W. B., Salanova, M., González-Romá, V., & Bakker, A. B. (2002). The measurement of engagement and burnout: A two sample confirmatory factor analytic approach. Journal of Happiness Studies, 3(1), 71–92.

Steger, M. F., Dik, B. J., & Duffy, R. D. (2012). Measuring meaningful work: The work and meaning inventory (WAMI). Journal of Career Assessment, 20(3), 322–37.

Van den Bosch, R., & Taris, T. W. (2014). Authenticity at work: Development and validation of an individual authenticity measure at work. Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(1), 1–18.

Winwood, P. C., Colon, R., & McEwen, K. (2013). A practical measure of workplace resilience: Developing the Resilience at Work scale. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55(10), 1205–12.

Wrzesniewski, A., McCauley, C., Rozin, P., & Schwartz, B. (1997). Jobs, careers, and callings: People’s relations to their work. Journal of Research in Personality, 31(1), 21–33.

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