Toward an Economy of Well-Being

By Prashanth Ak. Science, 2010

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Subfields: Finance, Sociology and Political Science

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The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the emerging construct of life satisfaction (2008, background): “A comprehensive assessment of SWB requires separate measures of both life satisfaction and the affective components of SWB (Diener & Seligman, 2004; Pavot, in press).”
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel (2011, background): “Yet, there is an increasing interest in understanding how SWB is affected by context-specific factors such as various forms of consumption as well as quality of public goods including commuting services (Diener and Seligman, 2004; Diener et al., 2009).”
The relationship between pay and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis of the literature (2010, neutral): “Diener and Seligman (2004) concluded, “ Dozens of cross-sectional studies reveal that there is a positive correlation between individuals' incomes and their reports of well-being ” (p. 7).”
Detrimental Effects of Corruption and Subjective Well-Being (2014, background): “…whose manners are universally corrupt Samuel Adams Academics, governments, and policy makers are increasingly interested in the goal of societal happiness, or subjective well-being (SWB) as a benchmark for societal progress (Diener, Lucas, Schimmack, & Helliwell, 2009; Diener & Seligman, 2004).”
Doing the right thing: Measuring wellbeing for public policy (2011, methodology): “Indeed, GDP is inflated by ‚regrettables‛ (Diener & Seligman, 2004), i.e., economic transactions that create wealth but decrease wellbeing.”
Wealth, Warmth, and Well-Being: Whether Happiness is Relative or Absolute Depends on Whether it is about Money, Acquisition, or Consumption (2009, neutral): “…extensive research (e.g., Blanchflower and Olswald 2004; Brickman and Campbell 1971; Diener and BiswasDiener 2002; Diener et al. 1993; Diener and Seligman 2004; Easterlin 1974, 1995; Hsee, Hastie, and Chen 2008; Johnson and Krueger 2006; Kahneman et al. 2004; Layard 2005; Layard, Mayraz, and…”
The Relationships between Quality of Work Life, School Alienation, Burnout, Affective Commitment and Organizational Citizenship: A Study on Teachers (2018, background): “Diener and Seligman (2004) argue that employees will be more inclined to be fruitful, productive and happy ones in the organizations aiming to protect their employees' well-being and redesigning the work to realize this aim.”
A Social Cognitive perspective on Positive Psychology (2011, background): “Because of the relational nature of well-being and satisfaction, it is not surprising that increases in wealth and material possession over time have not raised people’s level of satisfaction with their lives (Diener & Seligman, 2004).”
Happiness and public choice (2010, background): “A competent overview of selected findings, with policy relevance, is provided by Diener and Seligman (2004) .”
The mediators of experiential purchases: Determining the impact of psychological needs satisfaction and social comparison (2009, background): “, autonomy or actualization; see Fromm (1976), Kasser and Ryan (1993).”
Islamic religiosity, subjective well-being, and health (2009, background): “This confirms findings in Western nations (e.g., Diener & Seligman, 2004; Donovan & Halpern, 2002; Helliwell & Putnam, 2005).”
Life Goals Matter to Happiness: A Revision of Set-Point Theory (2008, background): “Some previous research has indicated that pursuing financial success is not just irrelevant to life satisfaction but actually harmful (Nickerson et al. 2003; see also Diener and Seligman 2004).”
Religion as a source of variation in the experience of positive and negative emotions (2009, background): “Past research on SWB indicates that national events that can compromise the social fabric of the society, as well as the nation’s need to meet basic necessities and provide freedoms, can impact well-being at the individual level (Diener & Seligman, 2004; Diener & Suh, 1999).”
The Role of Physically Active Leisure for Enhancing Quality of Life (2014, background): “…for the possible effects of demographic characteristics on life domain satisfaction and overall life satisfaction (Blanchflower & Oswald, 2008; Diener & Seligman, 2004; Myers & Diener, 1995), this study included six demographic variables in the model, including income, age, marital status,…”
Measuring Well-being Across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings (2009, background): “The reliance on objective indicators of progress has recently been challenged by researchers in a number of behavioural and social-science disciplines (Layard 2005; Diener and Seligman 2004; Marks and Shah 2005; Frey and Stutzer 2002).”
Does Psychological Need Satisfaction Matter When Environmental or Financial Safety are at Risk? (2015, background): “Presumably, money is especially critical for well-being when it helps to avoid poverty and to sustain material resources for basic survival (Diener and Seligman 2004; Veenhoven 1991).”