Effects of positive attitude on happiness and wage: Evidence from the US data

Mohanty, Madhu S.

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2009.08.010

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“…Based on the literature review (e.g. Angner et al, 2011;Demir, Özen, Doğan, Bilyk, & Tyrell, 2011;Mohanty, 2009;Tadić, Bakker, & Oerlemans, 2013), happiness constructs at the workplace were identified. The interrelations between construct categories (such as employment status, income, friendship, and work activities) and happiness were supported by the previous studies (see Table 1).…”

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A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace

Wesarat¹,

Sharif²,

Majid³

2014

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Happiness at the workplace refers to how satisfied people are with their work and lives. The idea of happiness is related to individual's subjective well-being. Happiness at the workplace is crucial for improving productivity in any organization. Happy people are productive people while those people who are unhappy may not pay full attention to any task. Some scholars believe that organizations which are able to maintain long-term happiness at the workplace could probably increase and sustain productivity. Therefore, they should know what factors could affect employee happiness in order to effectively enhance happiness at the workplace. But research on employee happiness was rarely seen in the past. The issue of happiness at the workplace needs to be properly conceptualized so that useful research on it could be conducted. This paper presents a potential conceptual framework of happiness at the workplace that could give valuable contribution to future research in this area.

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A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace

Wesarat¹,

Sharif²,

Majid³

2014

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“…The only study in the literature known to the author that has estimated the happiness equation with attitude as an explanatory variable is Mohanty (2009b), who demonstrates that positive attitude does, in fact, influence happiness positively. The current study goes a step further and extends Mohanty's approach in many different directions as outlined in the following paragraphs.…”

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What determines happiness? Income or attitude: Evidence from the U.S. longitudinal data.

Mohanty

2014

Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics

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Using the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a longitudinal data set from the United States, this study demonstrates that the covariates of happiness differ to some extent between matured adults and young-adults and that the relationship of personal happiness with positive attitude is stronger than that with any other covariate of happiness known in the literature including income. These results remain robust to changes in estimation techniques in response to varying assumptions on the attitude variable. Assuming endogeneity of the attitude variable, the study estimates happiness and positive attitude equations simultaneously by a two-stage procedure and obtains interesting new results. These results indicate that positive attitude is not only a covariate of happiness, but also a determinant of happiness, especially in the sample of matured adults. To increase the personal happiness therefore the study recommends policies designed to help individuals not only increase their incomes, but also improve their attitudes.

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“…However, microeconomic and psychological explanations can help to understand why this happens at a macro level. Mohanty (2009b), for instance, has recently found evidence that the positive attitude and happiness of individuals influences their individual wage. His results are in agreement with the results reported by other researchers, including those who advocate the wellknown thesis of the happy-productive worker (Wright and Staw 1999).…”

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Tolerance is Not Enough: The Moderating Role of Optimism on Perceptions of Regional Economic Performance

2010

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Current theories on economic growth are stressing the important role of creativity and innovation as a main driver of regional development. Some perspectives, like Richard Florida's 'creative class theory', have elected tolerance and diversity as a core concept in explaining differential development between different places, but his assumptions are challenged by other empirical and theoretical studies. In this article, we raise the possibility that tolerance is a necessary yet not a sufficient ingredient to trigger economic development in regions, and explore the role of subjective well-being (life-satisfaction, happiness, and optimism) as a moderator. Using a nationwide survey of 3,757 respondents from 21 different municipalities, the results show that optimism played the role of moderator, thus evidencing that psychological variables should be taken into account when trying to understand regional economic development.

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Effects of positive attitude on happiness and wage: Evidence from the US data

Cited by 46 publications

References 24 publications

A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace

A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace

What determines happiness? Income or attitude: Evidence from the U.S. longitudinal data.

Tolerance is Not Enough: The Moderating Role of Optimism on Perceptions of Regional Economic Performance

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