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Recent studies have promoted a “sustainable well-being–productivity synergy.” Despite a plethora of literature on the beneficial effects of sustainable well-being at work, a look across the borders shows that the concept of well-being at work is not equally spread. Although worldwide studies have reported differences in well-being amongst nations, only few studies have so far tried to explain these differences from a cultural perspective. This chapter examines the perception of French and Swedish employees on their well-being at work. Within the framework of Hofstede’s culture map we analyze cross-cultural differences to obtain a refinement of broadly communicated surveys on well-being in different parts of the world. The results of our qualitative study show that Swedes tend to perceive higher levels of well-being than the French due to opposite scores on the cultural dimensions of power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity.
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Bacouel, AS., Vergnol, T. (2020). Sustainable Well-Being at Work: A French-Swedish Comparison. In: Saxena Arora, A., Bacouel-Jentjens, S., Sepehri, M., Arora, A. (eds) Sustainable Innovation. International Marketing and Management Research. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30421-8_10
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