Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
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Happier-ness at Work

Professor Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey get the good news/bad news out of the way on page 5 of their new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. “If the secret to total happiness existed, we would have all... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details

Keywords: April White

2018
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Work and Well-being: A Global Perspective

By: Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and Council Members: A. Blankson, A. Clark, C. Cooper, H. James, C. Krekel, J. Lim, P. Litchfield, J. Moss, M. I. Norton, M. Rojas, G. Ward and A.V. Whillans

Work and employment play a central role in most people’s lives. In OECD countries, for example, people spend around a third of their waking hours engaged in paid work. We not only spend considerable amounts of our time at work, employment and workplace quality also... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Working Conditions; Happiness; Policy; Global Range

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Fashion Inclusive 15 Aug 2023 Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy Re: Ashley V. Whillans More Articles Harvard Business Publishing September 26, 2024 Article A Better Way to Measure Social Impact By: Robert S. Kaplan and Constance Spitzer... View Details

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Recent Insights from HBS Podcasts

interviews Martha Jeong, HBS alumna and negotiations professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She explores the challenge of keeping your direct reports happy and working at their best. Laying out the approaches for... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Constance Bagley: Yes, I'd be happy to. The law offers a variety of tools managers can use to manage the firm more effectively. They range from contracts, which can be used to strengthen business relationships, allocate risk and reward,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

closer to half full than half empty going forward. This is a happy story, a story of hope. Q: You have watched India change dramatically in your lifetime. How has China surprised you? A: I've been interested in China since I was a child.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

recognizing early on that being able to help others would require helping myself first. The path to find my own happiness took me through 21 years of being a closeted gay male, feeling like an “other,” and having no visible role models to... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

a lot of stress by preplanning who does what during the week to come, making it easier for both of you to manage shared responsibilities with less conflict. Past Program Resources How to be Happy at Work Are you truly View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

point in the conversation. I am also happy to continue discussion of these issues after class.” Emphasize the importance of keeping the focus on ideas, content, arguments, and implications — not the person delivering them. Suggest the... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

less at stake than I do." You might also suggest that your substitute is a harder bargainer than you are: " I don't want to walk away from this deal, but he's in charge and is not happy with the offer on the table." In both... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

getting the feedback they need, and they’re happy in the firm so they’re less likely to quit,” says Rembrand Koning, an assistant professor in Harvard Business School’s Strategy Unit who was a coauthor of the study. "Our findings... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

November 2008
Article

Getting off the Hedonic Treadmill, One Step at a Time: The Impact of Regular Religious Practice and Exercise on Well-Being

By: Daniel Mochon, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely

Many studies have shown that few events in life have a lasting impact on subjective well-being because of people's tendency to adapt quickly; worse, those events that do have a lasting impact tend to be negative. We suggest that while major events may not provide... View Details

Keywords: Health; Religion; Behavior; Happiness; Welfare

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08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

choose; most professors are happy to have case writing help! If you chose a professor before a topic, you will want to discuss potential topics with him or her during these first meetings. 4) Get researching! Some professors provide more... View Details

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

beautiful things. “Most people are very happy right from that first morning,” Amabile says. The rocky self-reflection stage of retirement Yet, for many, that giddy glow starts to wear off within weeks or months, as they shuffle through a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Reunions - Alumni

commitment varies from month to month and class to class. Volunteers have the option of focusing their efforts on broad-based gift participation, leadership gift commitments, or planned giving. Your class's Development Liaison will be View Details

03 May 2023
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Five Ways to Build Community at HBS

chose one theme for the year which I could use as a north star for how I would prioritize my time and energy. My theme for 2022 was Community, so here are five quick thoughts on building community at HBS. 1. Invest in Your Community Early One way I did this was by... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

in school with the option to join the company when they graduate, Fuller’s analysis finds that three-quarters of employers wind up happy with their trainees and two-thirds of apprentices go on to college or career. “Employers see a real... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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