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Happiness in Global Companies: Comparative Enablers and Impact on Performance

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K03920
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Management
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Benton Caroline  筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系(副学長), 副学長 (50520897)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) マニエー渡邊 レミー  筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系, 准教授 (00527848)
内田 亨  新潟国際情報大学, 経営情報学部, 教授 (50453460)
Orsini Philippe  日本大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70409093)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsSubjective well-being / Culture / Job performance / Japan / France / Subjective-well-being / Happiness / Subjective Well-being / Virtuousness / Job Performance / subjective well-being / virtuousness / job performance / 国際経営 / Well-being
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to clarify the enabling factors of employees’ subjective well-being, and the impact of subjective well-being on firm performance on Japanese and French firms. Using qualitative and quantitative analysis, we established that corporate virtue positively affects subjective well-being and job performance for both groups. However, theses two groups were found to have different conceptualizations of organizational virtuousness, suggesting cultural effects on subjective well-being.
We observed a partial mediation effect of subjective well-being on the relationship between organizational virtuousness and job performance for Japanese workers only. This indicates that in Japan subjective well-being is comparatively more important since it complements organizational virtuousness to positively affect job performance,
For Japanese employees, we found self-accomplishment and relatedness displayed the strongest mediating influences between job task characteristics and well- being.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Culture was revealed to be a new factor explaining differences in how organizational virtuousness (OV) is considered. Evidence of positive associations of OV with subjective well-being and job performance was found. However, firms must consider cultural inclinations when influencing performance.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Organizational virtuousness, subjective well-being, and job performance: Comparing employees in France and Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Remy Magnier-Watanabe, Toru Uchida, Philippe Orsini, Caroline F. Benton
    • Journal Title

      Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

      Volume: Vol. 12, No.2 Issue: 2 Pages: 115-138

    • DOI

      10.1108/apjba-10-2019-0210

    • NAID

      120007127602

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Designing jobs to make employees happy? Focus on job satisfaction first.2019

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, R., Benton, C., Uchida, T., Orsini, P.
    • Journal Title

      Social Science Japan Journal

      Volume: 22(1) Pages: 85-107

    • NAID

      120007133444

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The mediating role of subjective well-being on organizational virtuousness and job performance: A comparison between France and Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, R., Uchida, T., Orsini, P., Benton, C.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Strategic Management Studies

      Volume: 10(1) Pages: 5-18

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Organizational virtuousness and job performance in Japan: Does happiness matter?2017

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, Remy; Uchida, Toru; Orsini, Philppe; Benton, Caroline
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Organizational Analysis

      Volume: 25(4) Pages: 628-646

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Organizational virtuousness, happiness, and job performance among French and Japanese employees: A structural model2018

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, R., Uchida, T., Orsini, P., Benton, C. (2018)
    • Organizer
      International Academy of Strategic Management
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Organizational virtuousness and subjective well-being: Differences between France and Japan. Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2017, Tokyo (Japan),2017

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, Remy; Uchida, Toru; Orsini, Philppe; Benton, Caroline
    • Organizer
      The 10th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Vertu organisationnelle, bien-etre, performance au travail: Differences entre la France et le Japon2017

    • Author(s)
      Magnier-Watanabe, Remy; Uchida, Toru; Orsini, Philppe; Benton, Caroline
    • Organizer
      The Journee Francophone de la Recherche
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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