The Science of Well Being in the Workplace, or How to Be Happy at Work (Completed)

Positive psychology and organizational behavioral research shows that happy workers are significantly more productive than unhappy ones. Happy workers are more likely to have good health, smooth and enriching professional and personal relationships, and meaningful impacts on the companies they work for.

This webinar covers the key aspects for achieving happiness at work, discusses why it is important to maintaining work motivation, and details some of the most important ways that people can achieve maximum happiness at work.

Topics Covered

• Key aspects for achieving happiness at work
• Why it is important to maintaining work motivation
• Some of the most important ways that people can achieve maximum happiness at work

Learning Objectives

• Describe the ways in which happy workers contribute to improvements in the workplace for their colleagues and for productivity
• Identify the key aspects that lead people to feel happy in the workplace
• Recognize how to explain the difference between hedonic happiness and eudaimonic happiness and examples of each in the workplace
• Describe specific actions employers and employees can take to improve happiness in the workplace.

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Group: Internet-based

NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/HR (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None