Measures of Gross National Happiness [PDF]
Happiness is rising on the political agenda and this calls for measures of how well nations perform in creating great happiness for a great number, analogous to measures of success in creating wealth, such as GDP.
Veenhoven, Ruut
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Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Organisational Contexts: A Motivation-Based Perspective [PDF]
This paper develops a motivation-based perspective to explore how organisations resolve the social dilemma of knowledge sharing, and the ways in which different motivational mechanisms interact to foster knowledge sharing and creation in different ...
Lam, Alice, Lambermont-Ford, Jean-Paul
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Perceptions of Happiness and Its Determinants An Intergenerational Study of What People Think about Money and Happiness [PDF]
, 2015 This study examines people’s perceptions of happiness. Specifically, it seeks to define the determinants of happiness, with a focus on the link between happiness and financial state. Of particular interest is an examination of differences in attribution (
Cornell, Bailey
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Measurement of flourishing: a scoping review
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionFlourishing is an evolving wellbeing construct and outcome of interest across the social and biological sciences. Despite some conceptual advancements, there remains limited consensus on how to measure flourishing, as well as how to ...
Andrew Rule +4 more
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A Step towards Valuing Utility the Marginal and Cardinal Way [PDF]
Income has a direct impact on our utility as well as an indirect impact through the goods, services and life events it allows us to purchase. The indirect effect of income is not properly accounted for in existing research that uses measures of cardinal ...
Daniel Fujiwara +2 more
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Grand Designs! Analysing the Conceptual Tensions associated with new Physical Education and Health and Wellbeing Curriculum [PDF]
, 2012 Thorburn, Malcolm
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HAPPINESS OVER SPACE AND TIME [PDF]
Hedonic theory assumes that changes in land prices and wage rates eliminate the utility advantages of differing locations. Using happiness data from the German socio-economic panel this paper empirically tests whether regional utility differences exist ...
David J. Maddison, Katrin Rehdanz
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Why don’t people do what’s good for them? : an examination of the value(s) which affect physical activity. [PDF]
, 2012 One of the 21st Century’s major public health issues is physical inactivity. Therefore one of the greatest public policy challenges is to find new ways of conferring to an inactive population the health related benefits that arise from being physically ...
Kearns, PJ +2 more
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Quality of Life in therapeutic communities for addictions : a positive search for wellbeing and happiness [PDF]
, 2017 Broekaert, Eric +6 more
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Comparing Willingness-to-Pay and Subjective Well-Being in the Context of Non-Market Goods [PDF]
In order to value non-market goods, economists estimate individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for these goods using revealed or stated preference methods.
Paul Dolan, Robert Metcalfe
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