Human Flourishing A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Neuroscience, Health, Organizations and Arts

This open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. Today, we are immersed in a new paradoxical boom, where the pursuit of happiness seems to permeate everything (books, media, organizations, talks), but at the same time, it is nowhere, or at least very difficult to achieve. In fact, it is not easy to even find a consensus regarding the meaning of the word happiness. Seligman (2011), one of the fathers of the positive psychology, confirmed that his original view the meaning he referred to was close to that of Aristotle. But, he recently confessed that he now detests the word happiness, since it is overused and has become almost meaningless.

The aim of this open access book is to shed new light on human flourishing through the lenses of neurosciences and health, organizations, and arts. The novelty of this book is to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing in our lives. The book will examine further how different initiatives, policies and practices create opportunities for generating human flourishing.

Mireia Las Heras is an Associate Professor at IESE Business School –University of Navarra, Spain- where she serves as the Director of the International Center for Work and Family. She is an Industrial Engineer by training, holds an MBA from IESE Business School, and  a Doctorate in Business Administration from Boston University. She has widely published and researched on Work Family issues around the World, on Women Leadership, on Career Development in journals like Human Relations, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management Journal or Journal of Organizational Behavior among others. She is a co-editor of the books The New Ideal Worker (Springer), and Elevating Fatherhood (Springer).

Marc Grau-Grau is a Research Fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University (USA), and a researcher at the International University of Catalonia (Spain). Marc Grau has a PhD in Social Policy from the University of Edinburgh (UK), a MA in Political and Social Sciences from University Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and a degree in Business Administration from ESADE Business School (Spain). His research interests focus on work-family balance, gender equality, fatherhood involvement and flexible policies. His research appears in journals like Organization, International Sociology, Journal of Business Research and Families, Relationships and Societies. He is a co-editor of the book: The New Ideal Worker (Springer) and Elevating Fatherhood (Springer).

Yasin Rofcanin is a Reader at University of Bath (UK), where he serves as co-director of the Future of Work (FoW) Research Centre at University of Bath School of Management. His research focus sits on the intersection of organizational behaviour, human resource management and organisational psychology. Current and recent publications focus on the themes around flexible work practices, employee proactive work behaviours and well-being at work. His research appears in leading journals like Human Relations, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Journal of Organizational Behavior. Currently, he is Associate Editor role at Human Relations and a Board Member of the following journals: British Journal of Management, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology and Human Relations.