Happiness at Work: A Contemporary Trend

ISBN-13: 9786206521853 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Diana Isabel Velandia-Díaz; Teresa Marcela Barbosa-Loffsner; Julia Patricia Gómez-Wamba

Opis

This research article is approached from the perspective of positive psychology in the field of work and organisational psychology, taking up contemporary authors such as Seligman, Salanova, Peiró, Bauman, Blanch, Rentería and classics such as Marx, Garder, Foucault, From, Weber, among others.It seeks to carry out a historical, systematic and methodical bibliographical review of topics of scientific interest for the Psychology of Organisations and work, describing the conceptions of work, the need to promote happiness at work in organisations as a positive psychological state in the collaborator, strengthening the engagement so that work has as meaning and sense a positive psychological state that leads to job satisfaction, loyalty, loyalty of the collaborator and the effectiveness and productivity in the organisation (Salanova, 2009).

O autorze

Psychologist from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Master in Psychology with emphasis on Organisations and work from the Universidad del Valle, Psychology research coordinator and university lecturer. Co-author of the book Cosechando Calidad Humana and book chapter in Temas e Investigaciones en Psicología Organizacional.