Educational Resources of Happiness Studies

Job unhappiness is at a staggering all-time high, according to Gallup by Lea Collins The job market continues to boom, with millions of workers still leaving their jobs each month despite talk of a slowing economy and recession. Also booming, according to Gallup polling, worker disengagement and unhappiness.

"Work Stress and Unhappiness: A Review of the Literature" by Mark A. Leiter (Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2000) Examines the relationship between work stress and various aspects of unhappiness, including burnout, job dissatisfaction, and emotional exhaustion. Our notes: This paper showed us a brief view of workplace and work-life balance stress and basic ways to make yourself feel better when facing the stress.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) The film shows what toxic workplace cultures can do to people and companies.

Being Unhappy at Work Can Have Long-Term Health Effects by Robin Madell. How unhappiness at work could affect long-term health.

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Based on research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential.

The American Dream Value Menu — TED talk by Harrison Scott Key. Writer Harrison Scott Key lays bare three powerful lies we tell young people (and ourselves) about success, and through his own journey from country boy to literary star, he shares the outrageous truth about what it really takes to achieve the American Dream.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNHAPPINESS AT WORK: Household survey By David Francisco Camargo Hernández Work is something fundamental in the life of people and those who have it for their fortune allow them to achieve a certain lifestyle. Individuals in the workforce can find economic support at work, but at the same time a source of motivation or demotivation, satisfaction or dissatisfaction and happiness or unhappiness at work.Unemployment, on the other hand, generates feelings of failure, loss of aspirations and failed projects, even causing individuals to lose pleasure in life.The book presents the reader with field research carried out virtually by collaborators of the foundation with some people who, in the situation of the pandemic, were waiting to know if they will keep or lose their jobs, making an analysis of the fear of unemployment, and happiness vs. unhappiness at work. Some typologies are also presented that refer to the previous aspect and, finally, some conclusions are presented that can be of some use to the companies, to take measures to preserve the human capital that is determinant to increase the productivity and the enterprise development.

"Stress and Health at the Workplace-A Review of the Literature" by Mariam SohailMariam, SohailAbdul,ChaudharyRehman (Journal of Business Studies Quarterly 6(2015):3) This review of the work stress literature provides us detailed information about work stress, its reasons and its physical and psychological effects on the health of an employee. Famous stress models or theories are evaluated critically to explain the work stress and its health related outcomes. Our notes: The DCS model was proposed by Peter Warr in 1987 as a model for studying job stress. The model divides work stress into three dimensions: Demand: The mental, physical, and emotional commitment required by a job. A job with a high psychological load can bring great stress to employees. Control: The degree of control that employees have over the content, progress, and method of their work. Jobs with high job control reduce stress levels in employees. Social Support: The support that an employee receives from work colleagues, supervisors, and family and friends. Jobs with high social support help employees cope with stress.

Horrible Bosses (2011) Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.

"The association between work-life imbalance, employees' unhappiness, work's impact on family, and family impacts on work among nurses: A Cross-sectional Study" by Moustaq Karim (March 2023Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 38(6):101226) This study investigated work-life imbalance among nurses in Bangladesh, finding it negatively impacts both nurses and healthcare organizations. Nurses face factors like employee dissatisfaction, family interference with work, and work taking away from family. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing work-life balance for better patient care and nurse well-being.

"Linking job crafting to work engagement: the mediating role of organizational happiness" by Mohammed Yasin Ghadi (January 2024Management Research Review) This article discusses the relationship between job crafting, organizational happiness, and work engagement in the United Arab Emirates. The study finds that job crafting has a positive effect on both organizational happiness and work engagement. The study also finds that organizational happiness partially mediates the relationship between job crafting and work engagement. This suggests that job crafting can lead to increased organizational happiness, which in turn leads to increased work engagement. The authors recommend that HR professionals develop programs and training workshops to help employees craft their jobs. Our notes: Self-determinism (SDT) is a theory of human motivation and personality development. It was proposed by American psychologists Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan in the early 1980s. According to the SDT, humans are born with three basic psychological needs: Autonomy: People have the right to choose and control their own actions. Competence: The perception that one is capable of completing tasks and achieving goals. Relatedness: People develop close, trusting, and supportive relationships with others. SDT believes that when these basic needs are met, people feel more motivated, energized, and fulfilled. Conversely, when these basic needs are threatened, people feel powerless, meaningless, and defeated. SDT divides motivation into intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to the activities that people do out of personal interests and preferences. Extrinsic motivation refers to the activities that people engage in in order to obtain an external reward or avoid punishment. SDT believes that intrinsic motivation is more beneficial to personal development and well-being than extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation can help people improve their skills, gain a sense of accomplishment, and build a positive self-concept. Extrinsic motivations can cause people to feel stressed, anxious, and dissatisfied.

Here’s Why You Have Every Right To Be Unhappy At Work by Ann Kowal Smith Workers were unhappier at the end of 2023 than it was at the height of pandemic. This artcle explores why.

Happiness at work Discussion Group

Positively Energizing Leadership | Tal Ben-Shahar & Kim Cameron

12 Secrets to Keeping Employees Happy Without a Raise While businesses should always strive to provide fair and competitive compensation, employee happiness isn’t just about money. Employees genuinely appreciate the opportunity to make a difference and be recognized for their contributions

Short film: "The Pursuit of Happyness" Happiness? This is a short animated film, about the way we look at happiness, and how we trick ourselves all the way to the end...

Does Happiness Promote Career Success? Julia K. Boehm Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California, Riverside

TED Talk: "The Happy Secret to Better Work" by Shawn Achor We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

La Espiritualidad en los Negocios, por Jaime Mescoulam Hay aspectos de la vida cotidiana que son tan dispares entre sí, que el hecho de pretender unirlos sería algo similar a querer juntar perfectamente agua con aceite, éxito con humildad o espiritualidad con negocios y dinero. Justamente es sobre esta mezcla -casi imposible de lograr para muchos- de lo que Jaime Meschoulam, reconocido empresario, deportista y conferencista, nos habla en su primer libro, Espiritualidad en los negocios, y nos plantea que puede ser justo lo contrario. Por medio de un relato sólidamente fundamentado, no solo en una rica tradición familiar, sino también en diversos enfoques espirituales de las principales religiones monoteístas, el lector irá descubriendo que este vínculo no solo es posible, sino que incluso es muy deseable y que, en estos tiempos, tan plenos de retos de todos tipos, adoptar un enfoque espiritual tendría que ser el camino de todos aquellas personas que llevan a cabo una actividad empresarial, un emprendimiento o que simplemente desean mejorar y enriquecer su espiritualidad, aspecto vital de nuestra esencia humana.

Happy at Work Happy at work offers the most easy-to-use tool on the market to measure well-being and levels of stress in your organization. Optimize remote work by keeping connected and dedicated to employee feedback.

The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Leadto Success? Sonja Lyubomirsky, LauraKing, Ed Diener

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Drawing on original research—including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted—and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. His strategies include: • The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us • Social Investment: how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network • The Ripple Effect: how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and families By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.

Moneyball (2011) Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Happiness as a motivator: positive affect predicts primary control striving for career and educational goals. Claudia M Haase 1, Michael J Poulin, Jutta Heckhausen

The Intern (2015) Seventy-year-old widower has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

The Work Happiness Method A virtual coaching program.

Happiness at Work: 6 Simple guides to happiness at your workplace, by Deric N.A Want to develop happiness at work with 6 simple practical guides? HAPPINESS AT WORK shows you 6 simple guides towards happiness at your work place. Inside, you'll discover: 6 motivational guide in loving your current work place. 6 simple ways to develop habits that make you love your work place. Ways to discover the true indicators that make you happy at work. Ways to overcome and get back to a positive state after a setback. Ways to overcome feeling overstressed. Ways to manage demanding bosses or superiors. And much, much more! Want to know more?

Happiness at Work (2014 documentary) Is work oppressive? As illustrated by the recent wave of suicides in major companies, a profound malaise exists. Constant urgency, excessive workloads, lack of training, disarray in corporate organization, management by terror; the 21st Century workplace is continually leaving new victims. Why?

Pursuing Happiness in the Workplace In this video, you’ll strategies for getting and staying happy at work.

Creating a Happier Workplace Is Possible and Worth It. Being happy at work isn’t just a win for employees; it’s also a win for employers.