Happiness (hbr emotional intelligence series).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

EBSCOhost.

Series:

HBR emotional intelligence series

Standardized Title:

HBR emotional intelligence series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Psychological aspects.

Work.

Happiness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 164 pages).

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : Columbia University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What is the nature of human happiness, and how do we achieve it in the course of our professional lives? And is it even worth pursuing? This book explores answers to these questions with research into how happiness is measured, frameworks for personal behaviors, management techniques that build happiness in the workplace-and warnings that highlight where the happiness hype has been overblown. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Gilbert, Annie McKee, Gretchen Spreitzer, Teresa M. Amabile How to Be Human At Work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master. Book jacket.

Contents:

Happiness isn't the absence of negative feelings : what brings lasting contentment? / Jennifer Moss

Being happy at work matters : work is personal / Annie McKee

The science behind the smile : the research, an interview with Daniel Gilbert / Gardiner Morse

The power of small wins : improve inner work life / Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer

Creating sustainable performance : build a thriving workforce / Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath

The research we've ignored about happiness at work : it's not all good / André Spicer and Carl Cederström

The happiness backlash : tempering the obsession / Alison Beard.

Notes:

Electronic book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Happiness.

ISBN:

9781633693227

1633693228

Publisher Number:

99980539342

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.