Given the unprecedented level of unhappiness at companies and the direct link between happiness and business outcomes, the question is NOT whether happiness should matter to companies.

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More important, however, Joel Moskowitz of Ceradyne seems to have demonstrated that, if they play it right, small growth companies can find true happiness in the arms of corporate giants.

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The employees, at 13, 000 different companies, were asked to rate factors that affect workplace happiness, including growth opportunities, benefits, work-life balance, career advancement, their senior managers, job security, and whether they would recommend their employers to others.

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The employees, at 22, 000 different companies, were asked to rate ten factors that affect workplace happiness, including growth opportunities, benefits, work-life balance, career advancement, their senior managers, job security, and whether they would recommend their employers to others.

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