ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Dogs at the Workplace: A Multiple Case Study.
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- A dogs-at-work program in a veterinary college: promoting workplace wellbeing and resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Benefits and risks of staff-owned dogs in small animal clinics: perspectives of employees that bring their dog to work.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- "Pet effect" patterns: Dynamics of animal presence and caregiver affect across (tele)work and non-work contexts.PloS one · 2025Article
- How Guilt Drives Emotional Exhaustion in Work-Pet Family Conflict.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Pets at work: integrating pet-friendly initiatives into human resources for enhanced workplace harmony.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- 'Pawing' uncertainty! how dogs attenuate the impact of daily hassles at work on uncertainty.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Unleashing the Furr-Recovery Method: Interacting with Pets in Teleworking Replenishes the Self's Regulatory Resources: Evidence from a Daily-Diary Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Furr-Recovery Method: Interacting with Furry Co-Workers during Work Time Is a Micro-Break That Recovers Workers' Regulatory Resources and Contributes to Their Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Dogs in the Relationship between Telework and Performance via Affect: A Moderated Moderated Mediation Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Friends with Benefits: The Positive Consequences of Pet-Friendly Practices for Workers' Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
As the work environment is increasing in competitiveness and stressfulness, more and more companies try to increase employee well-being. One option is allowing employees to bring their dogs to work, building on the considerable evidence that dogs have a positive influence on people's well-being. However, little is known about how a dog's presence influences the employees and the companies in offices. Therefore, we empirically scrutinize the presence of dogs in organizations and the impact of pet-friendly organizational policies, with multiple case studies with semi-structured interviews as their foundation. Based on an inductive approach for the data analysis, we found that organizational members consider that dogs can lower their stress, improve communication, and foster social cohesion when a flexible organizational culture is in place. This includes the following: Problems in the company are openly addressed; employees have job autonomy, with flexibility to take breaks; and mistakes and errors are allowed to be made by employees and their companions alike, and room to find solutions is given. The inflexible permission of pets at work can, on the contrary, create pressure and stress in employees. For the business world, this implicates that this kind of incentive only leads to success if the right framework and culture is in place, and it cannot only be seen as an instrument to increase employee well-being.
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