Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success
Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Pryce-Jones exposes unexpected secrets about being happy at work. Moreover, she provides readers with the information, knowledge, and skills to make the most of the nearly 100,000 hours most of us will spend in our jobs over a lifetime.

Pryce-Jones explains what psychological capital and happiness at work are and how you can go about getting more of both. Along the way, she demystifies the latest research, illustrating her findings with a fascinating array of over 80 revealing interviews with people all over the world: business leaders and politicians, particle physicists and philosophers, sheep farmers and bankers, to name just a few. The result is a unique strategy with five components that build your happiness at work and help you to achieve your potential. Timely and insightful, Happiness at Work uncovers what really works at work and gives you the tools and motivation to create not just a happier tomorrow, but a happier today.

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Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success
Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Pryce-Jones exposes unexpected secrets about being happy at work. Moreover, she provides readers with the information, knowledge, and skills to make the most of the nearly 100,000 hours most of us will spend in our jobs over a lifetime.

Pryce-Jones explains what psychological capital and happiness at work are and how you can go about getting more of both. Along the way, she demystifies the latest research, illustrating her findings with a fascinating array of over 80 revealing interviews with people all over the world: business leaders and politicians, particle physicists and philosophers, sheep farmers and bankers, to name just a few. The result is a unique strategy with five components that build your happiness at work and help you to achieve your potential. Timely and insightful, Happiness at Work uncovers what really works at work and gives you the tools and motivation to create not just a happier tomorrow, but a happier today.

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Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

by Jessica Pryce-Jones
Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success

by Jessica Pryce-Jones

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Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Pryce-Jones exposes unexpected secrets about being happy at work. Moreover, she provides readers with the information, knowledge, and skills to make the most of the nearly 100,000 hours most of us will spend in our jobs over a lifetime.

Pryce-Jones explains what psychological capital and happiness at work are and how you can go about getting more of both. Along the way, she demystifies the latest research, illustrating her findings with a fascinating array of over 80 revealing interviews with people all over the world: business leaders and politicians, particle physicists and philosophers, sheep farmers and bankers, to name just a few. The result is a unique strategy with five components that build your happiness at work and help you to achieve your potential. Timely and insightful, Happiness at Work uncovers what really works at work and gives you the tools and motivation to create not just a happier tomorrow, but a happier today.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781119965749
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 09/20/2011
Sold by: JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 804 KB

About the Author

Jessica Pryce-Jones is CEO and founder of the Oxford-based consultancy iOpener, which enables people to improve their performance and organizations to develop sustainably. A regular speaker and media commentator, she featured in the BBC series Making Slough Happy and CNN’s special on happiness at work. Pryce-Jones teaches and coaches leaders at London Business School, Chicago Booth, Saïd Business School in Oxford, and Judge Business School in Cambridge. Clients include multinationals in banking, IT, health, publishing, and engineering as well as the public and not-for-profit sectors.

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Table of Contents

Prologue viii

Acknowledgments xii

1 Why Happiness at Work? Why Now? 1

2 The Research Journey 14

3 Contribution from the Inside-Out 31

4 Contribution from the Outside-In 48

5 Conviction 63

6 Culture 85

7 Commitment 107

8 Confidence 126

9 Pride, Trust, and Recognition 149

10 Achieving your Potential 169

Happiness at Work: A Conclusion 187

What Next? 189

References 190

Dramatis Personae 222

Index 229

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"We all want to be happy in every area of our lives, including work. This book offers the secret to finding happiness at work for us all, which in turn helps us to experience a more meaningful and healthy life."
Lynne Franks, author of The Seed Handbook: The Feminine Way to Create Business

"Illustrated with fascinating and diverse interviews, this book is understandable and easy to read. Jess Pryce-Jones has definitely created a great guide for anyone who wants to improve their working life."
Cathy L. Greenberg, PhD, New York Times Best Selling author of What Happy Working Mothers Know, and Managing Partner of h2c Happy Companies Healthy People

"Jessica Pryce-Jones establishes happiness as more than a fleeting feeling; she argues that it is a critical resource for successful work and a good life. She brings her years of experience to bear on this important topic and provides practical tools for achieving more happiness at work. The book is wonderfully written."
Robert Biswas-Diener, author of Positive Psychology Coaching

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