Positive organizational scholarship has led to a growing interest in the critical role of positive
emotions for the lives of both workers and organizations. We review and integrate the …

The rapid growth of the literature on positive interventions to increase “happiness” has
suggested the need for an overarching conceptual framework to integrate the many and …

For over a century the focus of psychotherapy has been on what ails us, with the therapeutic
process resting upon the assumption that unearthing past traumas, correcting faulty thinking …

New research is emerging on the relationships between tourism and quality of life (QOL)
and subjective well-being (SWB). This paper develops a measure of SWB and reports …

Background According to a growing body of literature, people are quite inaccurate in
recalling past affective experiences. Nevertheless, the mechanism underlying this recall bias …

This three-week longitudinal field study with an experimental intervention examines the
association between daily events and employee stress and health, with a specific focus on …

We examine social-and self-motives as drivers of Word of Mouth (WOM). The main
proposition is that the transmitter expects to gain personal and social benefits from sharing …

The effect of a grateful outlook on psychological and physical well-being was examined. In
Studies 1 and 2, participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 experimental conditions …

This meta-analysis used 9 literature search strategies to examine 137 distinct personality
constructs as correlates of subjective well-being (SWB). Personality was found to be equally …

Although previous research has uncovered various ways people can savor or dampen their
positive emotional experiences, the unique impact of each of these strategies on well-being …