The Virtuous Organization:: The Value of Happiness in the Workplace

By Joanne Gavin, R. Mason. 2004

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Workplace spirituality and organizational commitment: an empirical study (2008, background): “As a result, employees bring their entire self (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) to the organization, assume work as a mission more than as a “job” which in turn makes them more affectively and normatively attached to their organizations and more committed to improving organizational perfo”
Work-related factors that impact social work practitioners’ subjective well-being: Well-being in the workplace (2011, background): “Extensive literature in different disciplines identifies a correlation between the type of work environment and workers’ health and well-being (Cooper & Cartwright, 1994; Gavin & Mason, 2004; Manuele, 1997; Smith, Kaminstein, & Makadok, 1995; Warr, 1990).”
Happiness at work. (2010, positive): “‘In order to achieve the good life people must work in good organizations’ (Gavin and Mason 2004, 387).”
A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace (2014, background): “Since the notion of happiness is crucial for organizational performance and productivity, HR managers need to design and manage a workplace to enhance employee happiness (Gavin & Mason, 2004; Rego & Cunha, 2008).”
Happiness, work engagement and organisational commitment of support staff at a tertiary education institution in South Africa (2011, background): “This, in turn, results in positive organisational outcomes, one of which is organisational commitment (Gavin & Mason, 2004; Money et al., 2008).”
How Authentic Leadership Promotes Individual Creativity: The Mediating Role of Affective Commitment (2020, background): “In summary, employees’ perceptions of AL promote positive emotions, which, in turn, stimulate their creativity (e.g., Fredrickson, 2003; Gavin & Mason, 2004).”
Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance in Indian Context: Mediating Effect of Organizational Commitment, Work Motivation and Employee Engagement (2017, background): “It makes employees affectively and normatively attached to their organizations, and also more dedicated to improve organizational performance (Gavin & Mason, 2004).”
Perceptions of Organizational Virtuousness and Happiness as Predictors of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (2010, background): “…more as a mission than as a mere ‘‘job’’, which, in turn makes them more affectively and normatively attached to their organizations, more committed to improving organizational performance, and more prone to adopt OCB (Gavin and Mason, 2004; Podsakoff et al., 2000; Wright and Cropanzano, 2004).”