Happy workers: How satisfied are Australians at work?

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Happy workers: How satisfied are Australians at work?

In 2017, around 12 million Australians will work an estimated total of 20 billion hours in paid employment. An average Australian man can expect to spend half of their waking lives at a paying job and an average Australian woman about 38 per cent. Given the time and commitment we spend at work each...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cassells, Rebecca
Format:	Report
Published:	Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre 2017
Subjects:	1402 - Applied Economics 1605 - Policy and Administration 1503 - Business and Management
Online Access:	https://bcec.edu.au/publications/happy-workers-how-satisfied-are-australians-at-work/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77618

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