Happiness at work: maximizing your psychological capital for success

What exactly does happiness mean at work? And why does it matter? According to Jessica Pryce-Jones, its not some abstract idea but a practical reality witha clear impact on you and your workplace. Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success reveals that the happier you are the more youll achieve, yielding tangible benefits to you and your organization. Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language,Pryce-Jones exposes unexpected secrets about being happy at work. Moreover, she provides readers with the information, knowledge, and skills to make the most of the nearly 100,000 hours most of us will spend in our jobs over a lifetime. Pryce-Jones explains what psychological capital and happiness at work are and how you can go about getting more of both. Along the way, she demystifies the latest research, illustrating her findings with a fascinating array of over 80 revealing interviews with people all over the world: business leaders andpoliticians, particle physicists and philosophers, sheep farmers and bankers,to name just a few. The result is a unique strategy with five components thatbuild your happiness at work and help you to achieve your potential. Timely and insightful, Happiness at Work uncovers what really works at work and gives you the tools and motivation to create not just a happier tomorrow but a happier today.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-68942-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 12/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés