ABSTRACT

An unprecedented and important reference work, this research companion covers a range of aspects of happiness, an aim everyone aspires to achieve, yet can be easily overlooked in today’s demanding and multi-challenged world, or confused with a plethora of quantifiable or career goals.

This book helps readers to internalize happiness, form a healthy opinion about this emotion, and detach it from external factors that can only cause temporary discomfort or delight. A group of expert authors considers happiness within three critical realms: internally, interactively, and work-related. Their thoughtful contributions approach happiness from a multiplicity of angles, and present a full spectrum of backgrounds and perspectives to consider, based on a wide range of circumstances, personal and professional.

This companion will be valuable for researchers, students, and coaches, whether they seek input for future theory development, or motivation for performance in personal and professional life.

part I|75 pages

Happiness at its Core

chapter 1|10 pages

Internalizing Happiness

At Work and Anywhere Else

chapter 3|14 pages

Happiness on Your Own Terms

A Photovoice Method on Happiness Research and Intervention

chapter 4|8 pages

Being Happy in Spite of Setbacks

chapter 6|10 pages

Making Work a Happy Practice

part II|131 pages

Sharing The Light of Happiness at Work

chapter 9|8 pages

Finding Happiness at Work

Self-love, Self-awareness, Self-efficacy and Self-appreciation

chapter 10|12 pages

The Interactive Nature of Happiness at Work

What People Say About Work When They Talk About Life

chapter 11|13 pages

Soulful Work for Happy Employees

chapter 15|11 pages

Happiness at Work

A Christian Religious View

chapter 17|18 pages

Happiness in Professional Work Formerly and Nowadays as Perceived by Women Aged 60 or Above

Analysis of Studies in Socio-philosophical Perspective

chapter 18|16 pages

Elusive Happiness

Does Spirituality Matter?

part III|149 pages

Nurturing Happiness Through Work

chapter 19|13 pages

Behind the Happiness Mask

chapter 21|13 pages

Cook, Click, Share, and Be Happy!

Eudaimonic Self-Presentation of Consumer Cooking Practices in Contemporary Technocultures

chapter 22|12 pages

Aristotle’s Happiness Concept Applied at Work

Some Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence in Australia

chapter 24|10 pages

Leveraging Social Responsibility for Worker Engagement

From Recruitment to Productivity, Satisfaction, Longevity, and Happiness

chapter 25|11 pages

Work and Happiness

An Economic Perspective

chapter 26|11 pages

Happiness and the Arts

chapter 30|9 pages

Achieving Happiness at Work

Insights from Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle