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Assessing Employee Wellbeing at TU Delft

Summer 2020

Wellbeing Design Workshop

Derek Lomas, PhD

j.d.lomas@tudelft.nl

Assistant Professor

Human-Centered Design

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  1. Kickoff to Introduce ourselves (9am; 5 minutes)
  2. Intro Presentation (5-10 minutes with QA)
  3. Small Group Activities (2-3 people for 30 minutes)
    1. Each group makes a combined list of suggestions
    2. Discuss and prepare to share
  4. Break
  5. Full Group Activities (45 min)
    • Organize ideas by doability and urgency
    • Discuss and build on ideas
  6. Wrap up promptly by 11am

Workshop Agenda

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  • 12.00-12.05 Welkom
  • 12.05-12.15 Presentatie
  • 12.15-12.45 Groepsactiviteit 1: discussie en synthese
  • Koffiepauze
  • 13.00-13.30 Plenaire activiteit 1: urgentie/haalbaarheid
  • 13.30-13.50 Groepsactiviteit 2: rond het document af en bereid de pitch voor
  • 13.50-14.00 Plenaire activiteit 2: elevator pitch

Workshop Agenda

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Assessment Philosophy

Assess Needs

Do Something About it

Assessment should inform action!

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The Survey

24 Items

  • Demographics (4)
  • Scales (8)
  • Checkboxes (5)
  • Free Response (7)

“Life Satisfaction”

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6.8

7.8

7.4

6.2

6.8

6.7

Scales

https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction

2017 W. Europe Life Satisfaction

2776 responded

2328 completed

(85% completion rate)

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More employees report an increase in work

Scales

Much Less

Much More

Same

WORKLOAD DURING CORONA

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How does wellbeing

vary by language & function?

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N

Rate TU Delft

Life Satisfaction

Health

Working from Home

en

phd

218

7.9

6

7.1

5.2

en

scientific staff

165

7.8

6.7

7.4

6.2

nl

phd

126

7.5

6.5

7.3

5.6

nl

scientific staff

276

7.6

7

7.6

6.5

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Function

N

Rate TU Delft

Life Satisfaction

Health

Working from Home

en

phd

268

7.9

5.9

7.1

5.3

en

scientific staff

226

7.8

6.7

7.3

6.1

en

support staff

61

7.9

7.2

7.4

7.3

en

teaching staff

21

7.8

6.4

7.0

6.5

nl

phd

182

7.4

6.5

7.3

5.5

nl

scientific staff

355

7.6

7.0

7.5

6.5

nl

support staff

969

7.8

7.0

7.3

6.7

nl

teaching staff

111

7.5

6.5

7.3

6.0

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Predicting Wellbeing

In a model of subjective wellbeing (current mood + life satisfaction), some factors contribute more to the prediction than others.

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r2=.51

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Work from home and health were most predictive

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Predicting Wellbeing

r2=.37

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Most Predictive

Home

Health

Stress

Fatigue

Engagement

Loneliness

Balance

Optimism

Freedom

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What’s next?

Assess Needs

Do Something About it

Analyze written responses & develop ideas about how to help

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Example Need: I moved to the netherlands just before the corona outbreak gave me too little time to make a network of friends and without social events there is little chance of connecting with someone

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Example Idea: it would be nice if there was always a link for online office rooms or a link for online coffee breaks where people from tu delft could enter anytime and work with someone or have a break together there...

Gather up the good ideas!

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Thank you!

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Email with link to survey

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