Happiness.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: HBR emotional intelligence seriesPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2017]Description: 162 pages ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781633693210

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DDC classification:

152.42 23 HAP-H 2017 815026

Contents:

Happiness isn't the absence of negative feelings / Jennifer Moss. What brings lasting contentment? -- Being happy at work matters / Annie McKee. Work is personal -- The science behind the smile: an interview with Daniel Gilbert by Gardiner Morse. The research -- The power of small wins / Theresa Amabile and Steven J. Kramer. Improve inner work life -- Creating sustainable performance / Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath. Build a thriving workforce -- The research we've ignored about happiness at work / André Spicer and Carl Cederström. It's not all good -- The happiness backlash / Alison Beard. Tempering the obsession.

Summary: Happiness: 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 by presenting research into how to measure happiness, 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 - Theresa Amabile-- Provided by publisher

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Lahore Business School Library Book Cart	Book	152.42 HAP-H 2017 815026 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Shift to CS/LAW Library Approved by Chainman		815026

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Happiness: 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 by presenting research into how to measure happiness, 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 - Theresa Amabile-- Provided by publisher