AN EVALUATION ON THE FACTORS INFLUENCING HAPPINESS AT WORKING ENVIRONMENT IN UAE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW

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Keywords: i. Happiness:Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well- being, which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happy mental states may also reflect judgments by a person about their overall well-being., ii. Working Environment: This is a location where someone works for his or her employer, a place of employment. Such a place can range from a home office to a large office building or factory., iii. Employee:A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level. All the people employed by a particular organization, iv. Government Organizations: A government organization is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, X, X

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Abstract: Work environment plays a very vital role in employee performance in any organization around the world. Conducive work environment motivates employees to work hard to achieve their stated goals and objectives. Providing enabling working environment by the UAE government to its employees tremendously affects their performance, it helps in managing employees’ work-life balance. Therefore, this paper reviews the related literature based on the factors that influence the happiness at working environment in UAE government entities. This review figures out those factors and explained them in details on how they influence happiness at working environment in UAE government entities.

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