The Role of Management in Fostering Happiness and Well-being at Work

This report delves into the significance of happiness and well-being in the workplace, examining its connection to positive psychology and employee productivity. It defines happiness through various lenses, including momentary feelings, potential fulfillment, and overall judgments, while also distinguishing between hedonic and eudaimonic views. The report highlights the importance of well-being programs in promoting healthier lifestyles and improving employee health behaviors. Factors influencing workplace happiness, such as employee performance, organizational culture, and leadership behavior, are analyzed. Furthermore, the report discusses methods for improving wellness in the workplace, including emotional intelligence training and mindfulness practices. It emphasizes that fostering happiness and well-being is crucial for organizational success, reducing absenteeism, and enhancing overall productivity. The role of positive leadership behavior in cultivating a healthy and motivating work environment is also explored.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Defining happiness.....................................................................................................................3
Wellbeing and happiness............................................................................................................4
Importance of wellbeing at work...............................................................................................5
Factors affecting happiness at work...........................................................................................5
Performance of the employees...................................................................................................5
The culture of the organization..................................................................................................6
Importance of workplace wellness.............................................................................................6
Methods of improving wellness in workplace...........................................................................6
Important of happiness and well being at work.........................................................................7
Positive leadership behaviour in the workplace.........................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
Reference list............................................................................................................................10

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Happiness and well-being at work
Introduction
Positive psychology is known as the science of positive aspects of the human life
which relates to well being and happiness. There are basically three levels of psychology
which are the subjective level, group level and the group level. Over the last ten years, a lot
of research have been done in the area of happiness by creating a wealth of empirical
knowledge about mechanisms and processes which will make people happy. Wellbeing is
also the subjective state of being happy, satisfied and healthy with one’s quality of life.
Happiness also includes physical, material, social as well as emotional and personal
development of growth and progress. the subjective wellbeing refers to a set of experiences
(Artz, Goodall & Oswald, 2017). Wellbeing programs are good at helping people for
adopting and maintain healthy behaviours. The wellbeing programs are known to improve
the health behaviours of the employees and also help in reducing the elevated health risks.
Workplace is known to be an important determinant of health and health related behaviour.
Many researchers have differentiated wellbeing and happiness. The pursuit of
happiness and well being have been extended to various organizations and had been
attracting a lot of attention throughout the research of positive psychology.
Defining happiness
The social researchers and the philosophers known to have defined happiness in
various ways. There are three level of happiness which are the momentary feelings of
pleasure and joy, flourishing and fulfilling one’s potential and judgements about feelings.
Since the year 1960s, the scientific disciplines known to have conducted research on
happiness for determining ho humans will be living happier lives (Franco-Santos, & Doherty,
2017). Aristotle states that complete virtue is one of the most important factors for achieving

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happiness. Happiness also means doing good and it also depends on the exercise of the reason
and rational capacities. The science which focuses on happiness is termed to be the positive
psychology. Happiness can also be termed as doing good. According to the positive
psychology, the authentic happiness comes from identifying as well as cultivating
fundamental strengths by using them every day in love, work, parenting and in every aspect
of life. The happiness in life also comes from positive feelings and activities. According to
Losada, happiness also implies a life to grow, thrive, flourish in this world in a better
condition.
There is either hedonic views of happiness or endemic views of happiness. The
hedonic approach can be stated as the pleasant feelings or pleasure with favourable
judgements. The hedonic approach is based on the subjective well being and it comprises of
two correlated components which are judgements of life satisfaction and also affects balance.
It is going to affect more positive feelings and rare negative feelings. Happiness is therefore a
totally subjective feeling of the well being experienced by a person and is also characterized
by the positive emotions. The hedonic approach also comprises of affective experiences
which affects mood, emotions and describing individuals.
Wellbeing and happiness
Some of the research workers made a distinction between the concept of happiness
and well being while others consider well being as the symptoms of the happiness. Well
being is also the subjective state of being happy, satisfied and healthy with one’s quality of
life(Chancellor, Layous & Lyubomirsky, 2015).. Happiness also includes physical, material,
social as well as emotional and personal development of growth and progress. the subjective
well being refers to a set of experiences. Many researchers have differentiated well being and
happiness. According to some of the scholar’s happiness is nothing other than a state of mind

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while it uses well being denotes a kind of value. This value concerns what benefits or harms
them or what can make them better or worse off.
Importance of wellbeing at work
Better health and well being are known to make people much happier and more
focused in the workplace. A number of studies have shown that workplace wellbeing
programs promote healthier lifestyles and also considers work life balance. Wellbeing
programs are good at helping people for adopting and maintain healthy behaviours (Franco-
Santos & Doherty, 2017). The well being programs are known to improve the health
behaviours of the employees and also help in reducing the elevated health risks. Workplace is
known to be an important determinant of health and health related behaviour.
Factors affecting happiness at work
Performance of the employees
The performance of the employees is one of the factors which is used for determining
the happiness at work. The performance of the employees is known to be composed by six
dimensions which are competencies, skills, responsibility, sincerity, productivity and
timeliness. One of the major dimensions of the employee performance is the competency.
The researchers have found out that there is a presence of positive correlation between the
wellbeing of the employees and the performance of job. The competency is known to be the
major dimension of the performance of the employees. According to Jones it has been found
out that happiness at work known to depend on 5 “Cs” factors which are contribution,
culture, conviction, confidence and conviction (Wesarat, Sharif., & Majid, 2015). The other
determinants of happiness at work are the performance of the employees, organizational
culture, job satisfaction, leadership behaviour along with the individual characteristics. The
perceived performance is stated as another predictor of momentary positive mood and

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emotions of the employees. The achievement of goals and the positive feedbacks are the
factors determinants of the job satisfaction. According to Fisher, the perceived performance
is known to be the consistent predictor of momentary mood and the emotion for employees
who known to have cared about their jobs and used approach goals.
The culture of the organization
The cultural factors which are known to determine the happiness of the employees are
known to be the harmony at the work place which is also considered to be one of the most
important assets. The mutual trust with the fellow workers with the employees and honesty
needs to be present. The trust is known to be built on credibility, respect, pride and fairness.
Therefore, organizational culture is known to act as one of the major determinants which
affect happiness at work.
Importance of workplace wellness
The factors like the enjoyment of role, trust and the balance in work life are known to
be much more important to the employees compared to their salaries. The health and safety
executive report of the year 2017 states that more than 30 percent of the work related sickness
takes place due to stress which includes anxiety and depression (Franco-Santos, M., &
Doherty, N. (2017).. The happiness at work are therefore can relate to increase in the
productivity. The human happiness has large and positive casual effects on the productivity
and these emotions are known to invigorate the human beings.
Methods of improving wellness in workplace
The emotional intelligence training will help in improving the wellbeing in the
workplace. The superior emotional intelligence improves the performance of the workers.
For effectively developing a culture of mindfulness and self reflection, it is important to have
training sessions which will be providing practical exercises for improving the emotional

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intelligence (Wesarat, Sharif., & Majid, 2015). The individuals can themselves improve their
own happiness at workplace. Another effective technique for improving the wellness in
workplace is to use the effective techniques to ask them about their wellbeing. This will be
helping the people for thinking positively along with tailoring their working practices.
Important of happiness and well being at work
In the era of globalization, the organizations need to face continuous changes due to
the result of high competition. The firms need to adapt to competitiveness conditions and be
quite efficient to survive and to have success. Unhappiness, stress and psychological distress
are known to have related with the decrease in productivity relationship conflict at work,
decreased performance of work, increase risk of accidents with the increase in the job
turnover rate. When the employees will be perceiving job insecurity, he will be less
committed to the organizations and might tend to leave the job (Chancellor, Layous &
Lyubomirsky, 2015). For this reason, it can be stated that unhappiness in this way at the
workplace will be reducing productivity of the organization and will also lead to increase in
the high level of absenteeism at the work place. It is important that the organizations search
for well being and happiness at work since it will be benefitting the employees and will also
provide advantages to the organizations since happiness at the workplace will be improving
productivity.
Positive leadership behaviour in the workplace
The positive leadership behaviour is the set of actions which are taken by the
individuals in the position of power and will influence, motivate and will cultivate others
through the mechanisms of empowerment and enjoyment. The positive leadership is also
known to promote well being, happiness and mindfulness which are important as profit,
achievement along with winning in competitive stations. Leadership behaviour has a critical

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role in the creation of successful organization (Artz , Goodall & Oswald, 2017). The
workplace usually becomes successful only when the organization is based on the leadership
style and behaviour. The positive leaders wherever they work are known to create healthy
climate for everyone who work with them. The leaders also help to encourage the employees
for boosting their performance for meeting their goals. The successful organization should try
to create that kind of leader will help to increase the positive outcomes. The positive leaders
also help in improving themselves by learning new skills which will be helping them in their
care path and will be reflecting on their outcomes on a positive note. One of the major
objectives of the leaders is to create the future in order to make things happen and get things
done. Therefore, effective leadership is the heart of any organization in today’s business
world. The positive leaders help business to be successful and also to improve the employees’
performance within any organization.
Conclusion
In order to include therefore, it can be said that happiness and well being at work is
known to be important for increasing productivity in work. Happiness known to appear as the
basic human emotion which is crucial for the human experience. it can be stated that
unhappiness in this way at the workplace will be reducing productivity of the organization
and will also lead to increase in the high level of absenteeism at the work place. It is
important that the organizations search for wellbeing and happiness at work since it will be
benefitting the employees and will also provide advantages to the organizations since
happiness at the workplace will be improving productivity. The pursuit of the happiness
along with the well being have been extended to the organizations which have attracted the
increased attention throughout the research of positive psychology. The emotional
intelligence training will help in improving the wellbeing in the workplace. The superior
emotional intelligence improves the performance of the workers. For effectively developing

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a culture of mindfulness and self reflection, it is important to have training sessions which
will be providing practical exercises for improving the emotional intelligence. The
individuals can themselves improve their own happiness at workplace. Therefore, happiness
at work is known to imply motive emotion experience, positive attitudes and personal
development.

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