The Happiness link to Productivity
in the organization

 13% hike in productivity when employees are happy : Oxford University’s Saïd Business School study – November 2020(1)

For every US$1 put into addressing mental disorder, there is a return of US$4 in improved productivity and mental health : WHO.int (2)


Cost of Emotional and Psychological illness in workplace

US$ 1.03 trillion : WHO estimates Indian economic loss from mental health conditions between 2012 and 2030(3)

Cost to Global economy due to depression & Anxiety = US$ 1 trillion(4)

42.5% of employees in private corporate sector in India suffer from some form of clinical anxiety or depression(5)

49% of corporate and government employees globally report feeling some form of burnout(6) 

(1)  De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel (Saïd Business School, Oxford University), George Ward (MIT) and Clement Bellet (Erasmus University Rotterdam), “Does Employee Happiness Have an Impact on Productivity?”, Saïd Business School, Oxford University WP (2019)  https://ssrn.com/abstract=3470734 (November 2020).
(2)  WHO.INT, “Mental health in the workplace” in https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance- use/promotion-prevention/mental-health-in-the-workplace.
(3)  https://www.who.int/india/health-topics/mental-health#:~:text=WHO%20estimates%20that%20the% 20burden,estimated%20at%20USD%201.03%20trillion.
(4)  https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/mental-health-in-the-workplace.
(5)  Birla, Neerja, “Mental health may hurt India to tune of $1.03 trillion; here's a dose for cos”, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/mental-health-may-hurt-india-to-tune-of-1- 03-trillion-heres-a-dose-for-cos/articleshow/71045027.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_ medium =text&utm_campaign=cpps. (Sep 10, 2019).
(6)  https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leading-through-the-crisis/charting-the-path-to- the-next-normal/employee-burnout-is-ubiquitous-alarming-and-still-underreported.