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Japan Ranks Last in Global Survey of Employees’ Well Being
(www.bloomberg.com)
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This ranking is bonkers. Turkey, India, and China are in the top 3. The bottom 3 are Norway, UK, and finally Japan. Mexicans work some of the longest hours in the world, but has a ranking similar to Sweden. Norway and Sweden are some of the happiest countries in the world, with some of the strongest safety nets and worker protections. Why do their “employee well being” scores not reflect this? I don’t trust this ranking at all.
Edit: misread Netherlands for Norway. Still, the Netherlands actually ranks even higher on happiness than Norway, so my point stands.
Yes this is not necessarily an academic study, and might just be something to guide corporations to maximize exploitative employment practices. These multiple factor experiments are also rife with the possibility for abuse. The research designers can tweak the weights, or operationalize concepts as they see fit.