The phenomenology of happiness: Stephen Strasser’s eidetic explication.

DeRobertis, Eugene M.

doi:10.1037/hum0000012

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“…In other words, they try to complete something, thus finding happiness. This resonates with the claim that “all happiness is rooted in an experience of incomplete completion” (DeRobertis, 2016, p. 76, italics original). This completion is important because in addition to having a positive feeling and well-being in the work environment, happiness is related to the success of a project (Krasnopolskaya, 2014).…”

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confidence: 53%

“…This is supported by previous studies which argued that “for the process of becoming a person to unfold one must be able find a milieu in which to act and grow according to one's truest nature, which entails bringing one's most genuine, prosocial, value-oriented potentials to realization” (Winthrop, 1961 cited in DeRobertis, 2021, p. 23–24). CV as a prosocial activity leads to happiness because it opens unlimited horizons of possibility that move in the direction of an “always more to come” (DeRobertis, 2016, p. 77). The value-laden nature of CV fosters moral virtue in employees.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Happiness management through corporate volunteering in advancing CSR

Hatami

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Keränen

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PurposeTo respond to recent calls for better understanding of the complexities related to happiness management, especially from the employees' perspective, this study examines how corporate volunteering (CV), as one form of corporate social responsibility (CSR), creates sustainable happiness in business organizations.Design/methodology/approachTheoretical knowledge of CSR and CV as well as the literature on happiness management was examined to form a preliminary understanding of the phenomenon. The empirical section includes a qualitative multiple case study including two company cases of CV in Finland. The data were collected through qualitative interviews. Empirical analysis was made using thematical coding based on existing theory but also by allowing themes to emerge inductively from the data as well.FindingsThe study found that CV enables the emergence of sustainable happiness by allowing individual employee volunteers to transition from individual and rational mindsets to collective and emotional mindsets. A third transition was also identified, a process of change in the volunteers' approach in life that the authors describe as “from actual to potential”.Originality/valueThe study provides a theoretical contribution to the existing literature on happiness management by identifying the third dimension, from actual to potential, and depicting the way this allows employees to move from a state of being to becoming and thus the emergence of sustainable happiness. The study also contributes to existing literature on CV and CSR by revealing the way CV, as a form of practical CSR activity, generates happiness. This study concludes that companies' strategic activities that engage with society can create sustainable happiness for employees who participate. In order to achieve this, volunteering employees should have the chance to reflect on their experience and constant support from managers.

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Happiness management through corporate volunteering in advancing CSR

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Keränen

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“…As revealed by phenomenological analysis, eudaimonia is structurally commensurate with a particular typological variant of happiness (Strasser, 1977). Strasser (1977) found that happiness comes in many forms, such as contentment, good fortune, harmony, rapture, release, and transcending anticipation or beatitude (DeRobertis, 2016). Irrespective of the particular form of its manifestation, happiness shows itself to be paradoxical in nature.…”

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“…Strasser (1977) found that happiness comes in many forms, such as contentment, good fortune, harmony, rapture, release, and transcending anticipation or beatitude (DeRobertis, 2016). Irrespective of the particular form of its manifestation, happiness shows itself to be paradoxical in nature.…”

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Tapping the humanistic potential of self-determination theory: Awakening to paradox.

DeRobertis

Bland

2018

The Humanistic Psychologist

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Self-determination theory (SDT) is a contemporary macrotheory of motivation, personality, and wellness that has accumulated a large empirical research base. Many of its basic principles are humanistic in character, but there is little literature on it from within the ranks of humanistic psychology. This article presents an overview of the theory designed specifically for a humanistic audience and considers SDT's potential as a contemporary variant of humanistic psychology. SDT's core concept of autonomy is compared with the humanistic notion of willing, which formally introduces paradox as a fundamental aspect of selfdevelopment. Paradox is then pursued as a theme that can be used to tap the humanistic potential of SDT. Subsequent analyses focus on various integrative strengths or virtues derived from Knowles's (1986) existential-phenomenological interpretation of Eriksonian (1963) developmental theory, certain optimal forms of experience, happiness, and wellbeing. We conclude with some exploratory remarks concerning motivation, personality, and the paradoxical bipolarity of human nature.

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“…More recently, Welsh (2013) has called attention to the fact that Merleau-Ponty has, in one way or another, defended an integrative view of human well-being since at least The Structure of Behavior Merleau-Ponty (1963), and on a primarily developmental basis (i.e., one rooted in his child psychology). This conceptualization provides a much-needed counterpoint to what one finds in today’s “positive” psychology, where well-being is approached in an atomistic, piecemeal fashion (DeRobertis, in press).…”

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On framing the future of humanistic psychology.

DeRobertis

2016

The Humanistic Psychologist

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This article offers a narrative frame for envisioning the future of humanistic psychology. Diverse themes pertinent to the topic were drawn from a wide body of literature and given organizational structure. The analysis presented here suggests that contemporary humanistic psychologists ought to embrace their pluralistic historical lineage, offer a revolutionary image of psychological science, offer an alternative image of the person in psychology, permeate psychology's database, and market humanistic psychology. Various subthemes and concrete suggestions are presented as signposts for the development of humanistic psychology in the 21st century.

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The phenomenology of happiness: Stephen Strasser’s eidetic explication.

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Happiness management through corporate volunteering in advancing CSR

Happiness management through corporate volunteering in advancing CSR

Tapping the humanistic potential of self-determination theory: Awakening to paradox.

On framing the future of humanistic psychology.

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