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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

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Achor, Shawn. New York, NY: Currency , 2010.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 75 ACH 2010
Availability
2 copies, 1 available
Happiness is not the belief that we don?t need to change; it is the realization that we can.; Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we?ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happi…
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Author
Achor, Shawn
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Currency
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
Paperback, 236 pages
Subject
Leadership/Coaching
Work Performance
Psychology
Abstract
Happiness is not the belief that we don?t need to change; it is the realization that we can.
Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we?ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.
Research shows that happy employees are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. And positive people are significantly healthier and less stressed and enjoy deeper social interaction than the less positive people around them.
Drawing on original research?including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted?and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health.
ISBN
9780-307-591548
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF AA 75 ACH 2010

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On Being Included:: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

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Ahmed, Sara. London: Duke University Press , 2012.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 AHM 2012
Availability
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What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkab…
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Author
Ahmed, Sara
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
243pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as resistant to their work, as captured through their use of the metaphor of the "brick wall." On Being Included offers an explanation of this apparent paradox. It explores the gap between symbolic commitments to diversity and the experience of those who embody diversity. Commitments to diversity are understood as "non-performatives" that do not bring about what they name. The book provides an account of institutional whiteness and shows how racism can be obscured by the institutionalization of diversity. Diversity is used as evidence that institutions do not have a problem with racism. On Being Included offers a critique of what happens when diversity is offered as a solution. It also shows how diversity workers generate knowledge of institutions in attempting to transform them.
ISBN
9780-8223-52365
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 AHM 2012

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