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Walsh LC, Boehm JK, Lyubomirsky S. Does Happiness Promote Career Success? Revisiting the Evidence. JOURNAL OF CAREER ASSESSMENT 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/1069072717751441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Empirical research demonstrates a relationship between happiness and career success. For example, happy people receive higher earnings, exhibit better performance, and obtain more favorable supervisor evaluations than their less happy peers. Researchers have posited that success leads to happiness, but Boehm and Lyubomirsky reviewed the relevant research in 2008 and argued that the alternative hypothesis—that happiness causes success—may be equally plausible. A decade later, we return to the literature to supplement studies we previously cited with new research and to determine whether the results of cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental investigations provide additional support for this hypothesis. We conclude that the evidence continues to persuasively suggest that happiness is correlated with and often precedes career success and that experimentally enhancing positive emotions leads to improved outcomes in the workplace.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lisa C. Walsh
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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Wirtz J, Chew P. The effects of incentives, deal proneness, satisfaction and tie strength on word‐of‐mouth behaviour. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1108/09564230210425340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Harker L, Keltner D. Expressions of positive emotion in women's college yearbook pictures and their relationship to personality and life outcomes across adulthood. J Pers Soc Psychol 2001. [DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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