If your company was listed in Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For in America", they had equity returns that were 3.5% per year higher than those of their peers.

That's because employee satisfaction correlates positively with shareholder returns, according to a new study by Alex Edmans of the Wharton School.

Edmans added, "Contrary to prior research, employee satisfaction need not represent managerial slack."

(GET the link to the study at The Daily Stat)