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Your Happiness IQ for the Workplace

Ever wondered just how happy you are in your current work environment? The latest research on happiness and the workplace shows that happiness can increase your performance level. In this assessment, you will be rating your happiness level at work.

(For each question, please select the one sentence that you feel most closely applies to your current work situation.)

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Question 1

A. Employees don’t succeed because their superiors don’t recognize their potential or reward them for hard work.

B. The trouble with most employees nowadays is that their superiors are too easy on them.

Question 2

A. Many of the unhappy elements of people’s work lives and careers are partly due to bad luck.

B. People’s misfortunes at work result from the mistakes they make or opportunities they decline to take.

Question 3

A. One of the major reasons why we lack motivation at work is because people don’t take enough interest in workplace morale.

B. There will always be unhappiness at work, no matter how hard people try to prevent it.

Question 4

A. In the long run, people get the respect they deserve in the workplace or in their careers.

B. Unfortunately, an employee’s worth often passes unrecognized no matter how hard they work.

Question 5

A. The idea that bosses are unfair to employees is nonsense.

B. Most employees don’t realize the extent to which their work situations are influenced by the mood of their boss.

Question 6

A. Without the right breaks, one cannot be an effective superior/manager/executive.

B. Capable people who fail to achieve leadership roles have not taken advantage of their opportunities.

Question 7

A. No matter how hard you try, some co-workers and superiors just won’t like you.

B. People who can’t get others to like them don’t understand how to work well with others.

Question 8

A. Favoritism plays a major role in determining one’s workplace potential.

B. It is one’s experiences and achievements at work that determine where one will go in their career.

Question 9

A. I have often found that what is going to occur at work will occur.

B. Trusting fate or justice has never turned out as well for me as deciding to take a definite course of action.

Question 10

A. In the case of the well-prepared employee, there is rarely, if ever, such a thing as an unfair assignment or request.

B. Many times, job demands tend to be so unrelated to one’s job title that preparation is essentially useless.

Question 11

A. Becoming a success in one’s career is a matter of hard work—luck has little or nothing to do with it.

B. Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.

Question 12

A. The average employee can have an influence on corporate decisions.

B. Organizations are run by the few people in power; there is not much most employees can do about it.

Question 13

A. When I make plans at work, I am almost certain that I can follow them through.

B. It is not always wise to plan too far ahead because I may get burned out before I’m done.

Question 14

A. There are certain people who will never succeed professionally.

B. There is some potential in everybody.

Question 15

A. In my case, getting what I want in my professional life is all about sweat, equity and passion; it has little or nothing to do with luck.

B. Many times, I might just as well decide what to do next by flipping a coin.

Question 16

A. Who gets to be the boss often depends on who was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

B. Receiving the best professional opportunities depends upon ability and potential—environmental situations have little or nothing to do with it.

Question 17

A. As far as general well-being at work is concerned, most of us are the victims of the decisions of others, be it our colleagues or superiors.

B. By taking an active role in our own “9-5” lives, most people can control their own happiness at work.

Question 18

A. Most people don’t realize the extent to which their careers are controlled by accidental happenings.

B. There really is no such thing as “luck,” especially when it comes to work.

Question 19

A. One should always be willing to admit mistakes one makes at work.

B. It is usually best to cover up one’s mistakes, especially in the workplace.

Question 20

A. It is difficult to know whether or not a coworker or supervisor really likes you.

B. How many workplace allies you have depends upon how nice a person you are.

Question 21

A. In the long run, the disappointing things that happen to us at work are balanced by the good ones.

B. Most professional missteps or failures are the result of lack of ability, ignorance, and laziness—or all three.

Question 22

A. With enough effort, we can wipe out poor or abusive management.

B. It is difficult for employees to have much control over the actions of their superiors.

Question 23

A. When it comes to performance reviews or salary increases, sometimes I can’t understand how management arrives at the decisions they make.

B. There is a direct connection between how hard I work and how much money I make.

Question 24

A. A good boss expects employees to be proactive and plan their workdays accordingly.

B. A good boss makes it clear to everybody what their job tasks are.

Question 25

A. Many times, I feel that I have little influence over what happens to me at work.

B. It is impossible for me to believe that chance or luck plays an important role in my work life.

Question 26

A. People are lonely at work because they don’t try to be friendly with their coworkers and/or superiors.

B. There’s not much use in trying too hard to please people at work— if they like you, they like you.

Question 27

A. There is too much emphasis on socializing in the workplace.

B. Work-sanctioned events are excellent ways to build relationships and employee morale.

Question 28

A. My level of burnout is my own doing.

B. Sometimes I feel that I don’t have enough control over the satisfaction I receive from my work.

Question 29

A. Most of the time I can’t understand why management behaves the way they do.

B. In the long run, employees are responsible for bad management on a macro as well as a micro level.

Question 30

A. I feel like it doesn’t matter what I do, I can never please my boss.

B. I know bosses are just giving me raises based on my output.

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