Health and Happiness from Meaningful Work : Research in Quality of Working Life

Intro -- HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FROMMEANINGFUL WORK:RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -- HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FROMMEANINGFUL WORK:RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I:UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -HOW TO BE HAPPY AT WORK -- WORKING LIFE -- Søren Ventegodt and Joav Merrick -- REFERENCES -- QUALITY OF LIFE, HAPPINESS ANDMEANING OF LIFE -- Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen,Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick -- INTRODUCTION -- TO WORK IS TO THRIVE AND PROSPER - OR TO DIE SLOWLY -- WHAT IS GOOD WORK - AND HOW DO YOU ATTAIN IT? -- The Bad Blacksmith -- The Mediocre Blacksmith -- The Good Blacksmith -- THE GOOD WORK - HOW TO GET THERE? -- JOB SATISFACTION - RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- PERSONAL QUALITY OF LIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- FEELING REASONABLY AT EASE -- FEELING GREAT ABOUT ONESELF -- QUALITY OF LIFE -- RESPECTING LIFE -- HAVING GOOD VALUES -- KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT -- PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR INNER WANTS AND DREAMS -- AVOIDING WASTING ENERGY -- KNOWING THAT TIME IS SHORT AND LIVE ACCORDINGLY -- ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- MASTERY IN YOUR WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- MASTERY IN THE PROCESS OF WORK -- The Bad Secretary -- The Good Secretary -- The Brilliant Secretary -- MASTERING YOUR WORK -- YOUR UNLIMITED POTENTIAL -- SKILLS -- A DEEPLY FELT COMMITMENT -- FINDING THE CHALLENGE OF YOUR LIFE -- EVERY HUMAN BEING CAN DEVELOP TOWARDS MASTERY -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES AND MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- CO-OPERATION WITH COLLEAGUES AND MANAGEMENT -- Bad Co-operation -- Normal Co-operation -- Good Co-operation -- FELLOWSHIP -- THE GOOD ORGANIZATION -- THE GOOD LEADER -- GOOD CO-OPERATION -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CREATING VALUE -- INTRODUCTION.