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In a recent (November 14, 2014) article in the Harvard Business Review (Being Happy at Work Matters), author Annie McKee wrote:

People used to believe that you didn’t have to be happy at work to succeed. And you didn’t need to like the people you work with, or even share their values. “Work is not personal,” the thinking went. This is bunk.

My research with dozens of companies and hundreds of people — as well as the research conducted by the likes of neuroscientists Richard Davidson and V.S. Ramachandran and scholars such as Shawn Achor — increasingly points to a simple fact: Happy people are better workers. Those who are engaged with their jobs and colleagues work harder — and smarter.

Do you believe that being happy at work matters? Does the happiness people experience contribute to the meaningfulness of their work? What sort of happiness in the workplace matters?