by Sangeeth Varghese
Srikumar S. Rao, who teaches at Columbia Business School, London Business School, the Kellogg School of Management and elsewhere, has done pioneering research into workplace motivation, and he advises senior executives on becoming more engaged in their work and discovering deep meaning in...
Got meaning? Creating a Why to Work - Are you and those you lead finding meaning at work?
for Psychology Today by Wendy Ulrich
My father used to say that for people to be happy they need something to do, someone to love, and something to...
A recently published Conference Board study found that only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. While the causes of dissatisfaction may be many, it doesn't seem to be rooted in the person we sit across from in cubicleland. In fact, a new Randstad...
by Chris Peterson (Psychology Today)
In addressing the purpose of life, Sigmund Freud famously said "Work and love, love and work - that's all there is." With all respect to Freud, I disagree. He left out play.
Play is not the silly sibling of work and love....
By Rob Silverblatt of USNEWS (click here for original article)
Over the past several years, Richard Davidson has peered into the minds of monks, pored over brain scans, analyzed neural processes, and maybe_ã”just maybe_ã”discovered some of the keys to manufacturing happiness.
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Davidson, a professor at the University...
People who are unhappy in life are unlikely to find satisfaction at work. This is the finding of a study published online April 1, 2010, in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
Assistant Professor Nathan Bowling of Wright State University, USA, and colleagues Kevin Eschleman...
At John Lewis, 'happiness' beats profit
There was clapping and cheering and whoops of delight in John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets the length of the country this morning. Middle England's favourite retailer was unveiling its annual profits, and said it had made enough money...
