Happiness at work in knowledge-intensive contexts: Opening the research agenda

How to grow a successful – and happy – research team

“…Other strategies we have implemented include providing flexibility to allow staff to work to their strengths; adhering to publication guidelines whereby authorship is truly representative of inputs; greater recognition of not just winning funding but having a go; and encouraging and modeling a team-based approach in which individuals are not just working in a group, but encouraging colleagues to look out for and after each other at all levels. This is consistent with evidence that shows building social interactions and high-quality connections fosters knowledge-intensive workers' happiness at work [8] Other leading groups have adopted similar initiatives. The University of Ghent has recently initiated an approach that directly addresses the signs of increasing pressure on academic staff.…”

“…Modern reseach leadership is not about being the most successful or highest-cited academic -it is about a commitment to supporting and developing others, and creating an environment in which they can succeed. Leadership styles which focus on people have greater impact on happiness at work compared to transactional leadership styles [8].…”

Does Entrepreneurship Make You Happier? A Comparative Analysis between Entrepreneurs and Wage Earners

“…Over the past five years, many researchers have carried out numerous studies exploring the holistic relationship between entrepreneurs/the self-employed and well-being [1][2][3][4]. As a common denominator, many of these investigations contextualize the term well-being as synonymous with happiness and quality of life [5][6][7][8]. From this theoretical starting point, a body of literature evaluates which personal attributes and socioeconomic factors have notable and consistent correlations with people's subjective well-being.…”

Relación entre felicidad en el trabajo y desempeño laboral: análisis bibliométrico, evolución y tendencias

“…Sobresalen las diferentes publicaciones de Salas-Vallina, quien elaboró y validó la escala de Fisher (2010), y hace énfasis en que la felicidad en el trabajo es un tema de investigación que está creciendo en importancia entre los académicos, pero requiere más atención. Sus publicaciones son "On the road to happiness at work (HAW)" (Salas-Vallina, López-Cabrales et al, 2017), "Happiness at work in knowledge-intensive contexts: Opening the research agenda" (Salas-Vallina, Alegre & Fernández Guerrero, 2018), "Happiness at work and organisational citizenship behaviour: Is organisational learning a missing link?" (Salas-Vallina, Alegre & Fernandez, 2017a), "The HRM-performance relationship revisited: Inspirational motivation, participative decision making and happiness at work (HAW)" (Salas-Vallina & Fernandez, 2017), "The human side of leadership: Inspirational leadership effects on follower characteristics and happiness at work (HAW)" (Salas-Vallina, Simone et al, 2020) y "Organizational learning capability and organizational citizenship behaviour in the health sector: examining the role of happiness at work from a gender perspective" (Salas-Vallina, Alegre & Fernandez, 2017b).…”