What Works Centre for Wellbeing - document archive
The Evolve Workplace Wellbeing team worked on a range of Work and Learning-related projects for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing from 2015. Other partners of the Centre also developed materials on these topics. The What Works Centre for Wellbeing made their resources free to use and share under Creative Commons license nc-sa-4.0. Given the Centre's closure, we have now archived the Centre's work-related briefings, reports, case study evidence and guides here to support a legacy and ongoing use for this important material, under the same license terms.
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| Resource title | Type of resource | Year | Key words | Linked to? | ||
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 | Do all job changes increase wellbeing? | Report | 2019 | wellbeing; mobility; change; satisfaction; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Adult education and life satisfaction | Briefing | 2018 | education; inequalities; marginalisation; learning; training; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Adult learning and wellbeing | Briefing | 2017 | education; learning; wellbeing; qualifications; skills; literacy; numeracy; research; review; systematic | Download | |
 | Do you really care about your staff’s happiness? How organisations balance wellbeing and performance during a crisis. | Case study evidence | 2022 | covid; pandemic; authenticity; wellbeing; performance; communication; research; qualitative; longitudinal | Download | |
 | What matters for mental health and productivity in a financial services firm? | Case study evidence | 2022 | mental health; stress; financial services; job quality; inclusion; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | What works to alleviate frontline worker burnout? | Briefing | 2024 | burnout; stress; homelessness; interventions; resources; job quality; research; review | Download | |
 | How cost effective is a workplace wellbeing activity? A how-to guide to cost effectiveness analysis | Guide | 2020 | cost-effectiveness analysis; wellbeing; productivity; interventions; evaluation | Download | |
 | Civil Service Wellbeing Over Time: exploringdata from the Civil Service People Survey2014-22 | Report | 2022 | civil service; wellbeing; public sector; survey; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | A systematic review of the community wellbeing impact of community business | Report | 2020 | community; community business; wellbeing; isolation; social cohesion; volunteering; research; review | How do community businesses affect community wellbeing? | Download |
 | How do community businesses affect community wellbeing? | Briefing | 2020 | community; community business; wellbeing; isolation; social cohesion; volunteering; research; review | A systematic review of the community wellbeing impact of community business | Download |
 | Evidence on reducing burnout among frontline workers: a literature review | Report | 2024 | burnout; stress; homelessness; interventions; resources; job quality; research; review | What works to alleviate frontline worker burnout? | Download |
 | Which jobs make us happy? Analysing 10 years of UK subjective wellbeing data by occupation | Briefing (factsheet) | 2023 | subjective wellbeing; salary; occupation; wellbeing; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Why invest in employee wellbeing | Briefing (factsheet) | 2017 | costs; wellbeing; turnover; performance; productivity; absence; presenteeism; turnover; job quality | Download | |
 | Finding and keeping jobs: impact of low wellbeing | Briefing | 2018 | unemployment; wellbeing; research; review | Finding and keeping work: impact of low wellbeing | Download |
 | Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey | Briefing | 2017 | gender; women; men; parenthood; satisfaction; wellbeing; unemployment; absence; research; quantitative | Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey | Download |
 | Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey | Report | 2017 | gender; women; men; parenthood; satisfaction; wellbeing; unemployment; absence; research; quantitative | Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey | Download |
 | Improving staff wellbeing in schools and colleges. A guide to measuring staff wellbeing and developing an action plan | Guide | 2023 | education; wellbeing; school; college; teacher; benchmark, action plan | Download | |
 | Job quality and wellbeing | Briefing | 2017 | job quality; wellbeing; training; support; environment; research; review; systematic | Download | |
 | Learning and work and wellbeing | Briefing | 2017 | education; learning; wellbeing; interventions; research; review; systematic | Download | |
 | Workplace wellbeing questionnaire: methodology | Guide | 2018 | questionnaire; survey; framework; interventions; questions; themes | Download | |
 | Finding and keeping work: impact of low wellbeing | Report | 2018 | unemployment; wellbeing; research; review; systematic | Finding and keeping jobs: impact of low wellbeing | Download |
 | Work progression and job security | Briefing | 2018 | progression; promotion; salary; career; research; review; systematic | Download | |
 | What matters for our sense of purpose? | Briefing (factsheet) | 2024 | purpose; meaning; satisfaction; wellbeing; work; leisure; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Workplace wellbeing question bank | Guide | 2020 | questionnaire; survey; framework; interventions; questions; themes; engagement; outcomes; purpose; engagement; job quality | Download | |
 | Resilient organisations: Sense of belonging at work, wellbeing and performance during the recession | Report | 2018 | belonging; purpose; meaning; wellbeing; performance; identity; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Wellbeing in small business: Practice Examples | Guide | 2018 | SME; case study; examples; interventions | Download | |
 | Subjective wellbeing in different occupations in UK 2012-2022 | Report | 2022 | career; occupation; job; wellbeing; salary; satisfaction; pandemic; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Team working | Briefing | 2017 | activities; leisure; social; fairness; research; review; systematic | Download | |
 | Above and beyond mental health: the importance of job quality for productivity and performance in a retail company | Case study evidence | 2022 | productivity; performance; mental health; retail; absenteeism; presenteeism; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | Unemployment, (re)employment and wellbeing | Briefing | 2017 | unemployment; wellbeing; satisfaction; job quality; research; review | Download | |
 | Wellbeing benefits of job related learning | Report | 2017 | training; learning; regions; older workers; satisfaction; gender; research; quantitative | Download | |
 | What is a good job? Analysis of the British 2012 Skills and Employment Survey - Summary | Briefing | 2017 | job quality; involvement; demands; resources; security; wellbeing; regions research; quantitative | What is a good job? Analysis of the British 2012 Skills and Employment Survey - Report | Download |
 | What is a good job? Analysis of the British 2012 Skills and Employment Survey - Report | Report | 2017 | job quality; involvement; demands; resources; security; wellbeing; regions research; quantitative | What is a good job? Analysis of the British 2012 Skills and Employment Survey - Summary | Download |
 | Retirement and wellbeing | Briefing | 2017 | retirement; wellbeing; control; bridging job; family; career; pension; research; review | Download | |
 | What works for health and wellbeing in the workplace? | Briefing | 2020 | commmunication; coherence; commitment; creativity; consistency; principles; wellbeing; satisfaction; research; review | Download | |
 | Adopting joint productive and healthy workplace practices: What impacts success? | Briefing | 2021 | job quality; wellbeing; implementation; managers; flexibility; consistency; resources; research; qualitative | Download | |
 | Covid-19 and wellbeing inequalities: employment and income | Briefing | 2021 | wellbeing; pandemic; employment; salary; unemployment; qualitative; quantitative | Download | |
 | Wellbeing benchmarks: how is your organisation doing? | Briefing | 2023 | benchmark; questionnaire; evaluation | Download | |
 | Supporting employees with terminal illness: A guide to workplace policies and practice | Guide | 2023 | terminal illness; absence; sickness; return to work | Download |
