Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Aug 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Ryan Serhant: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness

Keywords: Re: Ashley V. Whillans; Real Estate

August 2009
Case

SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis and Bobbi Thomason

Since 2006, SK Telecom has worked to develop strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that are aligned with its business operations and corporate mission. The case tracks the original assessment process the company went through and successive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; South Korea

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19 Nov 2012
News

Happiness may bring you more money, study says

30 Jul 2020
News

‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy

25 Jul 2017
News

Buying time could be the secret to happiness

19 Nov 2018
News

What Kind of Happiness Do People Value Most?

01 Feb 2001
News

Happy Campers: HBS Student Auction Helps Local Kids

At a "Christmas in July" auction held last summer, the January Cohort of the Class of 2001 raised just over $15,000 to benefit the Cambridge Camping Association (CCA), a 106-year-old organization dedicated to helping low-income, minority, and at-risk children to attend... View Details

Keywords: Cambridge Camping Association; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

19 Sep 2023
Video

Build the Life You Want: Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

21 Oct 2021
News

Time Affluence: How Mindful Time Management Increases Happiness

23 Feb 2022
News

Arthur Brooks on the Keys to Finding Happiness | How To Own Things

January 25, 2021
Blog Post

Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Adam Eric Greenberg

Can money actually buy happiness? Research shows that having more money makes people evaluate their lives more favorably (what researchers call “life satisfaction”). Surprising as it may seem, whether money leads to greater life satisfaction because it makes people... View Details

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Social Justice; Money; Happiness; Satisfaction; Well-being

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09 Jul 2024
News

How Leaders Find Happiness — And Teach It

10 Jan 2023
News

Work Insights from the World’s Longest Happiness Study

11 Jan 2020
News

Harvard Study: Kids of Working Moms Grow up Just as Happy as Stay-At-Home Moms

06 May 2021
Video

Happy Mother’s Day from MBA Mom Lailah Thompson

01 Feb 2002
News

When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness

about 10 percent. The general happiness of the population suffers, too, even among people who do not personally experience job loss or reduction in income. For behavioral economists and politicians, among others, these findings raise the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Article

Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness

By: A.V. Whillans, Aaron C. Weidman and Elizabeth W. Dunn

How do the trade-offs that we make about two of our most valuable resources—time and money—shape happiness? While past research has documented the immediate consequences of thinking about time and money, research has not yet examined whether people’s general... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Time; Trade-offs; Orientations; Happiness; Money; Satisfaction

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