“The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardness’s yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place”—Mark Twain.
Reviews and observations show that creating a fun work environment is a hot topic among many big organizations. Thousands of these organizations are trying to use fun at workplace as a tool for motivation of their employees for greater productivity and job satisfaction.
Various researcher have looked at this topic from different perspective where the findings of their researches show a great degree of positive effects of fun at workplace on employee job satisfaction.
2.1 Fun at Workplace
In a study conducted from 129 employees …show more content…
Autonomy—the desire to direct our own lives
Mastery—the urge to get better and better at something that matters
Purpose—the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves
Anderson believes that people are happiest in jobs that allow for significant autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Research would support her belief, as the 20 jobs in which people are happiest all allow for significant autonomy, mastery, and purpose, (Anderson, 2012).
Fluegge defined workplace fun as “social, interpersonal, or task activities at work of a playful or humorous nature which provide an individual with amusement, enjoyment, or pleasure” (Fluegge, 2008).
Workplace fun was explored in a research by McDowell (2004), she defined workplace fun mainly into the following three aspects: “Fun climate” which is an atmosphere being developed in a company that supports fun at work like management encourage fun elements, “Fun person” which is the individual characters toward workplace fun such as playfulness, and “Fun at work” which represents fun activities that are enjoyable, amusing and playful, (McDowell,
Reviews and observations show that creating a fun work environment is a hot topic among many big organizations. Thousands of these organizations are trying to use fun at workplace as a tool for motivation of their employees for greater productivity and job satisfaction.
Various researcher have looked at this topic from different perspective where the findings of their researches show a great degree of positive effects of fun at workplace on employee job satisfaction.
2.1 Fun at Workplace
In a study conducted from 129 employees …show more content…
Autonomy—the desire to direct our own lives
Mastery—the urge to get better and better at something that matters
Purpose—the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves
Anderson believes that people are happiest in jobs that allow for significant autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Research would support her belief, as the 20 jobs in which people are happiest all allow for significant autonomy, mastery, and purpose, (Anderson, 2012).
Fluegge defined workplace fun as “social, interpersonal, or task activities at work of a playful or humorous nature which provide an individual with amusement, enjoyment, or pleasure” (Fluegge, 2008).
Workplace fun was explored in a research by McDowell (2004), she defined workplace fun mainly into the following three aspects: “Fun climate” which is an atmosphere being developed in a company that supports fun at work like management encourage fun elements, “Fun person” which is the individual characters toward workplace fun such as playfulness, and “Fun at work” which represents fun activities that are enjoyable, amusing and playful, (McDowell,