Happiness and virtue ethics in business : the ultimate value proposition
By: Sison, Alejo Jose G
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2016.Description: xvi, 301 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781107622715Other title: Happiness & virtue ethics in business.Subject(s): Happiness -- Economic aspects | Economics -- Psychological aspects | Well-being | Happiness -- Economic aspects | Economics -- Psychological aspects | Wealth | HealthDDC classification: 158.7 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 158.7 SI HA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0036623 |
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| 158.7 RO UT The Routledge companion to wellbeing at work | 158.7 SH EM Emotion vs. analytics decision making and the biased brain / | 158.7 SH MO Motivational career counselling & coaching : | 158.7 SI HA Happiness and virtue ethics in business : | 158.7 SP IN Industrial and organizational psychology : | 158.7 SP IN Industrial and organizational psychology : | 158.7 SU WO Work psychology in action / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the ultimate value proposition -- Modern happiness studies and "individual subjective wellbeing" : you only get what you measure -- Happiness and income : how much happiness can money buy? -- Choice, desire, and pleasure : is happiness getting what you want or wanting what you get? -- The biotechnology of happiness : not just a "quick fix" -- Working on happiness -- Happiness, politics, and religion : now and at the hour of our death -- Aristotelian virtue ethics : the forgotten philosophical tradition on happiness -- Conclusion : learning to be happy.
"Draws on the latest research in economics and psychology as well as Aristotelian virtue ethics to show why happiness is the ultimate value proposition for business, and proposes ways for businesses to cultivate the virtues, providing advice on production and service enhancement, customer satisfaction, employee well-being, and overall organizational wellness."--OCLC.