The Routledge Companion to Happiness at Work

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.

List of Contributors List of Figures List of Tables PART I: HAPPINESS AT ITS CORE Chapter 1. Internalizing Happiness: At Work and Anywhere Else Joan Marques Chapter 2. Using Signature Strengths to increase Happiness at Work Nicola S. Schutte and John M. Malouff Chapter 3. Happiness on Your Own Terms: A Photovoice Method on Happiness Research and Intervention Sunny Jeong and Orneita Burton Chapter 4. Being Happy in Spite of Setbacks Wanda Krause Chapter 5. Intrinsic Motivation as a Driver of Happiness Sunita Singh Sengupta Chapter 6. Making Work a Happy Practice Thuc-Doan Nguyen Chapter 7. At the Intersection of Happiness and Contentment at Work Babar Dharani PART II: SHARING THE LIGHT OF HAPPINESS AT WORK Chapter 8. Is There a Place for Happiness at Work? Dorota Jasielska Chapter 9. Finding Happiness at Work: Self-love, Self-awareness, Self-efficacy and Self-appreciation Juanita Coleman-Merritt Chapter 10. The Interactive Nature of Happiness at Work: What People Say About Work When They Talk About Life Ivo Ponocny Chapter 11. Soulful Work for Happy Employees Debra J. Dean Chapter 12. The Role of Gratitude and Mindfulness in Creating a Happier and More Productive Workplace Rhonda Swickert Chapter 13. Happy, Mindful, and Productive Workers Cristián Coo, Susana Llorens and Marisa Salanova Chapter 14. Religion as a Foundation for a Happy Life Tarshima Bell-Hackett, Sylvia W. Burgess and Karen Martin-Jones Chapter 15. Happiness at Work: A Christian Religious View Peter M. Lewa and Susan K. Lewa Chapter 16. Influence of Religion on Employees' Sense of Happiness Sarah M. Mutuku, Miriam M. Mutuku-Kioko and Paul S. Kioko Chapter 17. Happiness in Professional Work Formerly and Nowadays as Perceived by Women Aged 60 or Above. Analysis of Studies in Socio-philosophical Perspective Agnieszka Smrokowska-Reichmann and Edyta Janus Chapter 18. Elusive Happiness: Does Spirituality Matter? Thomas Anyanje Senaji and Victor Senaji Anyanje PART III: NURTURING HAPPINESS THROUGH WORK Chapter 19. Behind the Happiness Mask Lisa Linzbach and Ilona Suojanen Chapter 20. Nurturing Happiness Through Strengths Use Maria Christina Meyers, Philippe Dubreuil and Claudia Harzer Chapter 21. Cook, Click, Share, and Be Happy!: Eudaimonic Self-Presentation of Consumer Cooking Practices in Contemporary Technocultures Silvia Biraghi, Daniele Dalli and Rossella C. Gambetti Chapter 22. Aristotle’s Happiness Concept Applied at Work: Some Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence in Australia Roger John Hilton, Steve Perera and Bruce Carroll Chapter 23. Workplace Democracy and Emotional Well-being Elliott Kruse Chapter 24. Leveraging Social Responsibility for Worker Engagement: From Recruitment to Productivity, Satisfaction, Longevity, and Happiness Morgan R. Clevenger Chapter 25. Work and Happiness: An Economic Perspective Arie Sherman and Tal Shavit Chapter 26. Happiness and the Arts Theresa Billiot Chapter 27. Happiness and Adaptive Psychopathic Traits in the Workplace Guillaume Durand Chapter 28. Happiness at Work Under the Toxic Leadership of Corporate Psychopaths Clive Boddy Chapter 29. Time Management and Workplace Happiness Robert S. Fleming Chapter 30. Achieving Happiness at Work: Insights from Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Satinder Dhiman Chapter 31. Happiness at the Intersection of Acceptance and Ambition Joan Marques

Joan Marques is Professor of Management and Dean of the School of Business, Woodbury University, USA. Her research focuses on workplace spirituality, ethics, and leadership. She has published extensively, including the books Business and Buddhism, Leadership, and Ethical Leadership, all published by Routledge.