04526nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-77221-4 DE-He213 20251030114639.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241225s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031772214 978-3-031-77221-4 10.1007/978-3-031-77221-4 doi HF5548.7-5548.85 JMJ bicssc PSY021000 bisacsh JMJ thema Zacher, Hannes. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 89568 The Good Working Life [electronic resource] : Experiencing Satisfaction, Meaningfulness, and Psychological Richness in Organizations / by Hannes Zacher. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVI, 129 p. 12 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Good Working Life -- Chapter 3: Measuring and Analyzing the Good Working Life -- Chapter 4: Individual Characteristics and the Good Working Life -- Chapter 5: Work Characteristics and the Good Working Life -- Chapter 6: The Good Working Life and Work Outcomes -- Chapter 7: The Good Working Life and Life Outcomes -- Chapter 8: Conclusions and Outlook. This exciting new book covers Zacher’s pioneering research that applies grand theories about the good life to the everyday activity of work. Whether you are a young worker trying to choose a line of work, or a senior manager seeking to design a workplace that will engage employees better, this book is an essential read. – Roy F. Baumeister, Professor, Harvard University, USA This book adapts the ancient philosophical notion of the “good life” to the context of modern work and organizations. It outlines a vision of the good working life as the simultaneous experience of high levels of job satisfaction, work meaningfulness, and work psychological richness. In the chapters, these three dimensions of the good working life are related to various individual differences, such as demographic and personality characteristics, as well as different work characteristics, including job demands and job resources. The three dimensions of the good working life are also analysed across different industries, and differentially related to important work outcomes, such as job engagement, performance, and occupational health, as well as key life outcomes, including life satisfaction, health, societal contributions, and wisdom. Promoting a positive psychological perspective on work, this book offers a compelling read for academics, students, and practitioners interested in improving worker wellbeing and reducing stress in organizations. Hannes Zacher is Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at Leipzig University in Germany. In his research program, he investigates aging at work and career development, occupational health and well-being, proactive and adaptive employee behavior, and organizational environmental sustainability. Across these research agendas, he employs multiple methodologies, including experimental, longitudinal, experience sampling, and meta-analytic studies. He is currently Editor of the journal Psychology and Aging published by the American Psychological Association. Psychology, Industrial. 60537 Mental health. 63229 Employee health promotion. 70137 Well-being. 59309 Developmental psychology. Emotions. 59415 Work and Organizational Psychology. 68259 Mental Health. 63229 Employee Health and Wellbeing. 70138 Well-Being. 59309 Emotional Development. 77526 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031772207 Printed edition: 9783031772221 Printed edition: 9783031772238 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77221-4 ZDB-2-BSP ZDB-2-SXBP 66034 66034