Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-being, employees need opportunities to resolve conflicting obligations. Employees are often torn between the ethical obligations to fulfill both their work and non-work roles, to respect and be respected by their employers and coworkers, to be responsible to the organization while the organization is reciprocally responsible to them, to be afforded some degree of autonomy at work while attending to collaborative goals, to work within a climate of...
Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-bei...
This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved. Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents the progress of...
This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics ...
The centuries-old question of the wealth of nations was in the past decades more and more challenged by the question of the well-being of nations . What is the outcome of human activities in terms of improving the quality-of-life of countries and continents. In the context of quality-of-life-research different methods and procedures were developed to monitor the well-being of nations. Transcending traditional methods objective and subjective indicators were taken into account. The development of different approaches shows that no single indicator comes out as a unique one. What are the good...
The centuries-old question of the wealth of nations was in the past decades more and more challenged by the question of the well-being of nations . Wh...
This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to the issue of the well-being of working women. This focus addresses a gap that currently exists in the quality-of-life and well-being fields. The work of the authors answers the following broad questions: Does gender matter in the well-being of working women? Do prejudices against and stereotypes of women still play a role in inter-personal interactions in the workplace that could hinder women from flourishing professionally? Does the organizational context, such as organizational culture, reward systems, and...
This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to the issue of the well-being of working women. This focus addresses ...
This book presents original happiness research from and about a region that shows unexpectedly high levels of happiness. Even when Latin American countries cannot be classified as high-income countries their population do enjoy, on average, high happiness levels. The book draws attention to some important factors that contribute to the happiness of people, such as: relational values, human relations, solidarity networks, the role of the family, and the availability and gratifying using of leisure time. In a world where happiness is acquiring greater relevance as a final social and personal...
This book presents original happiness research from and about a region that shows unexpectedly high levels of happiness. Even when Latin American c...
This handbook addresses the historical background of the Islamic world and reviews its basic past intellectual achievements. It studies social progress of these regions and sub-regions in comparison with other parts of the world. It uses large data sets and well established statistically weighted Indexes in order to assess the nature and pace of the multiple facets of social change in member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The handbook extensively discusses the main challenges confronting the Islamic nations in the social, economic, political, and ideological fields....
This handbook addresses the historical background of the Islamic world and reviews its basic past intellectual achievements. It studies social progres...
This Handbook presents a broad overview of the current research carried out in environmental psychology which puts into perspective quality of life and relationships with living spaces, and shows how this original analytical framework can be used to understand different environmental and societal issues. Adopting an original approach, this Handbook focus on the links with other specialties in psychology, especially social and health psychology, together with other disciplines such as geography, architecture, sociology, anthropology, urbanism and engineering. Faced with the problems of...
This Handbook presents a broad overview of the current research carried out in environmental psychology which puts into perspective quality of life an...
Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable development will find this volume particularly useful for the array of approaches presented.
Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable deve...
The most remarkable outcome of the book is arguably its large-scale relevance, reminding us that the more we know about the good way of living, the more we are in a position to build a society that can be supportive and offer opportunities for such a way of living for all of its citizens.
The most remarkable outcome of the book is arguably its large-scale relevance, reminding us that the more we know about the good way of living, the mo...
The centuries-old question of the wealth of nations was in the past decades more and more challenged by the question of the well-being of nations . What is the outcome of human activities in terms of improving the quality-of-life of countries and continents. In the context of quality-of-life-research different methods and procedures were developed to monitor the well-being of nations. Transcending traditional methods objective and subjective indicators were taken into account. The development of different approaches shows that no single indicator comes out as a unique one. What are the good...
The centuries-old question of the wealth of nations was in the past decades more and more challenged by the question of the well-being of nations . Wh...
