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Progressing performance and wellbeing at work : travelling the loop

Paauwe, Jaap - 2024

to the field of HR, it will additionally benefit students and researchers studying business, occupational psychology and …

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Handbook on the economics of happiness

Bruni, Luigino (contributor); Porta, Pier Luigi (contributor) - 2007

This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for...

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Recent developments in the economics of happiness

Frey, Bruno S. - 2013

social capital and health for well-being and the new life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods. Work on utility … Satisfaction Approach', Economic Journal, 119 (536), March, 482-515 -- Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Anomalies … Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas (2008), 'Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline …

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What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations?

Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2004

The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living, as well as more inclusive indices. The chapters cover such topics as: race,...

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Intangible capital : its contribution to economic growth, well-being and rationality

Tomer, John F. - 2008

Despite increasing research efforts, there is still much confusion regarding the nature and contribution of the most intangible forms of capital. This book develops a comprehensive and unifying conception of intangible capital in order to understand its role with respect to economic growth,...

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Handbook of creative cities

Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor); … - 2011

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...

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Innovation, economic progress and the quality of life

Sweeney, Gerald Patrick (ed.) - 2001

Innovation, science and technology and the wealth gained from them make continuous media copy and yet there is a manifest imbalance in society, a paradox of more prosperity but growing exclusion. This book marks the 25th anniversary of the Six Countries Programme, which pioneered the study of...

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Happiness, economics and politics : towards a multi-disciplinary approach

Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); … - 2009

This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of the leading figures in the field

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The economics of sport, health and happiness : the promotion of well-being through sporting activities

Humphreys, Brad R. (contributor); … - 2011

Including an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important, yet under-researched, issue in the field of sports economics. It places great emphasis on the notion that sport is a significant component for improving the happiness,...

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Behavioural macroeconomics

McDonald, Ian M. - 2012

volume, with an original introduction by the editor, will be an essential compendium for researchers and students interested … Interactions Between Cognition and Emotion', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (4), Fall, 3-24 -- Robert J. Oxoby (2004 …

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