You can't engineer happiness, but there are things that can be done to support and foster happiness.
Some very important key factors to happiness that can be provided in a job environment are:
.) self-determination \
.) a feeling of mastery/competency (or growth towards it) \
.) independence \
.) being treated fairly and equally
Managers expecting their workers to be happy and show (fake) happiness, actually goes against several of those points.
Older studies show, that small, mostly self-sufficient, self-organized teams with little managerial interference are both the happiest and most productive.
Some very important key factors to happiness that can be provided in a job environment are: .) self-determination \ .) a feeling of mastery/competency (or growth towards it) \ .) independence \ .) being treated fairly and equally
Managers expecting their workers to be happy and show (fake) happiness, actually goes against several of those points.
Older studies show, that small, mostly self-sufficient, self-organized teams with little managerial interference are both the happiest and most productive.