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Being appreciated by colleagues can help employees cope with negative experiences at work, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia. Researchers found that employees experience ‘embitterment’ – an emotional response to perceived workplace injustice – on days when they are assigned more unreasonable tasks than usual. This negative emotion not only […]

Dr Helen Fitzhugh and Professor Kevin Daniels, from our Evolve team, prepared a rapid review report for Government Skills on the nature of the relationship between L&D and employee engagement, wellbeing, attraction and retention. It offers a succinct overview of the available research in this area and evidence-informed implications for practice. The review suggests direct

A new PDF document is available outlining five key principles that support the successful implementation of workplace wellbeing initiatives. The principles are underpinned by a review of the relevant literature, encompassing 75 scientific studies of workplace wellbeing initiatives involving over 16,000 people, sourced from peer-reviewed academic journals. There are a number of real life examples

Do you believe workplace wellbeing can ever be taken too far? Dr Helen Fitzhugh and Andrea James (University of East Anglia) asked this question of 25 managers from UK-based public, private and charitable organisations. Helen, a senior researcher and knowledge exchange fellow for the UEA’s Workplace Wellbeing Research Team, offers a ‘sneak peek’ of early

Imagine if seeking feedback at work could do more than just improve your performance – it could infuse your job with meaning and empower you to take charge of your career. Recent research by Siyao Zhu from the University of East Anglia, and Bin Ma and Kristi Jain from IE Business School, suggests that when

If the government wants to develop fairer and more productive workplaces it needs to help organisations to rebuild managerial capacity, argues Professor Richard Saundry (University of Westminster).    On 17th July, King Charles III announced in parliament that the Labour government ‘will legislate to introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices

About this tool This new evidence-based guide aims to help organisational leaders and HR / wellbeing practitioners to improve their approach to employee wellbeing and achieve performance returns by building authenticity for wellbeing. Created by Dr Rachel Nayani (University of East Anglia) and Dr Marijana Baric (Anglia Ruskin University), it is based on an academic

Welcome to this issue of the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing newsletter – July 2026 The Good Jobs Project – 5 years on In 2021, we carried out the initial research that underpinned the 4 Boosts for Frontline Workers resources. If you are new to the newsletter you may not have seen these before – please take