Patel, Ramesh C. and Chandorkar, Suphala S.

Discourse on happiness: Teacher workplace happiness - University News - 59(49), Dec, 6-12, 2021: p.26-36

Happiness is commonly defined by how people experience and evaluate their lives in general. While happiness studies have gained momentum recently, theories and philosophies on happiness across Eastern and Western worlds’ can be dated as far as 3000 BCE and earlier. Further, given that a significant time of one's life goes at the workplace, it is critical to gain a robust understanding of the role that employment and the workplace plays in shaping happiness for individuals and communities worldwide. Hence to understand the discourse of happiness, the paper shall explore a few relevant works across the eastern (specifically Indian) and western worlds to gather a contextualized yet comprehensive understanding of happiness. – Reproduced