Daytime nap as a factor of happiness to impact on work performance: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates

Happiness at work is a new mantra of organizations that intend to link together the degree of employee satisfaction and the quality of work performed. Initiatives such as "free management", creating "fun" or "open" workspaces or introducing the post of “director of happiness†, prove that the subject of employee satisfaction influences multi- ple employers. Although these initiatives may be right, they all adhere to the concept of increasing the level of happiness and wellbeing of employees by expanding their freedom, rights, and opportunities or encouraging self- organization. But are organizations able to make employees happy and as a result to increase company's produc- tivity and profits? In the United Arab Emirates, where the authorities have achieved a very high standard of living of the population and consistently introducing modern technologies in various spheres of life and the economy, the term "happiness" has become one of the most important criteria and goals for the work of government agencies at various levels. The research study investigated the growing role of Human Resource Management (HRM) through the prism of how daytime sleep or nap may impact on happiness statement of the employees. The outcomes are based on information collected from a detailed quantitative and qualitative data research of 200 respondents. Results proved that there is a significant correlation between happiness and nap.