Conclusions and Recommendations

Abstract

As we have demonstrated, there is a plethora of research in the realm of well-being, engagement and other constructs of active committed enthusiasm which has largely focused on causal relationships between single, or groups of, variables and outcomes such as well-being and engagement defined in many different ways. The PACE framework allows the positioning of these research studies and recommendations into a process model to help clarify the concepts and their interrelationships. It allows governments and managements to model the process for variables of interest and to include estimates of strength of effect to assess the likely impact of interventions. Almost everything in an individual’s life has some impact on their perceived well-being and their active committed enthusiasm, and it is likely that many of the variables are causally related in both directions. At the highest level, the outcomes of PACE, such as increased productivity or citizenship behaviour, are themselves likely to help improve the objective inputs, such as income, in a virtuous circle (Figure 6.1).