Virtuousness as a source of happiness in organizations

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Arran Caza, Associate Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: This chapter reviews the literature concerning the relationship between happiness and collective virtuousness in organizations to understand how organizational virtue may foster happiness. While relatively little research has examined this question, what work exists provides evidence that organizational virtuousness contributes to happiness in three ways: amplifying effects, buffering effects, and heliotropic effects. Each of these effects is explained in light of existing theory, and their implications for future research are discussed.

Additional Information

Publication
S. David, I. Boniwell & A.C. Ayers (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Happiness (pp. 676-692). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Language: English
Date: 2013
Keywords
positive organizational scholarship, virtuousness, happiness, organizational performance

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