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*1001 $aVentegodt, Soren.
*24510$aHealth and Happiness from Meaningful Work$bResearch in Quality of Working Life
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*5050 $aIntro -- HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FROMMEANINGFUL WORK:RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -- HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FROMMEANINGFUL WORK:RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I:UNDERSTANDING QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE -HOW TO BE HAPPY AT WORK -- WORKING LIFE -- Søren Ventegodt and Joav Merrick -- REFERENCES -- QUALITY OF LIFE, HAPPINESS ANDMEANING OF LIFE -- Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen,Isack Kandel and Joav Merrick -- INTRODUCTION -- TO WORK IS TO THRIVE AND PROSPER - OR TO DIE SLOWLY -- WHAT IS GOOD WORK - AND HOW DO YOU ATTAIN IT? -- The Bad Blacksmith -- The Mediocre Blacksmith -- The Good Blacksmith -- THE GOOD WORK - HOW TO GET THERE? -- JOB SATISFACTION - RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT FACTORS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- PERSONAL QUALITY OF LIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- FEELING REASONABLY AT EASE -- FEELING GREAT ABOUT ONESELF -- QUALITY OF LIFE -- RESPECTING LIFE -- HAVING GOOD VALUES -- KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT -- PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR INNER WANTS AND DREAMS -- AVOIDING WASTING ENERGY -- KNOWING THAT TIME IS SHORT AND LIVE ACCORDINGLY -- ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- MASTERY IN YOUR WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- MASTERY IN THE PROCESS OF WORK -- The Bad Secretary -- The Good Secretary -- The Brilliant Secretary -- MASTERING YOUR WORK -- YOUR UNLIMITED POTENTIAL -- SKILLS -- A DEEPLY FELT COMMITMENT -- FINDING THE CHALLENGE OF YOUR LIFE -- EVERY HUMAN BEING CAN DEVELOP TOWARDS MASTERY -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES AND MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- CO-OPERATION WITH COLLEAGUES AND MANAGEMENT -- Bad Co-operation -- Normal Co-operation -- Good Co-operation -- FELLOWSHIP -- THE GOOD ORGANIZATION -- THE GOOD LEADER -- GOOD CO-OPERATION -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CREATING VALUE -- INTRODUCTION
*5058 $aCREATING REAL VALUE FOR CUSTOMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- A hospital Department with Poor Ability to Create Value -- A Hospital Department Creating Great Value -- The Good Car Factory - Bad in the Old Days - the 1990's -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CREATE REAL VALUE? -- Becoming a Valuable Human Being -- Make your Organisation Valuable -- Technology and Value -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- UP - OR DOWN IN YOUR LIFE? -- INTRODUCTION -- ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY UP IN LIFE - OUR DOWN? -- When you Cannot Find any Challenge in Work: Stress and Lack ofDevelopment -- Taking up the Fight of Life: Developing -- Developing Personal Challenges: Developing a Great Deal -- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- Developing as a Human Being - Improving the Experience of Life -- Ability to Function and Age -- Apprehension and Life Practice -- Perception of Life -- Self-Perception -- Perception of Environment -- Perception, Behaviour, Experience -- Do I Have a Talent for this Task? -- Attitudes towards Becoming Really Good -- Meeting People -- Attitudes towards others, towards Co-operation and Management -- Attitudes towards Creating Real Value -- Get started - Personally and within the Company -- How to Start Developing -- ABOUT WORKING-LIFE QUALITY:A TOOL FOR EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVES -- WORKING-LIFE QUALITY - THE TOOL -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- HOW TO IMPROVE WORKING-LIFE QUALITY,QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH -- INTRODUCTION -- FOCUS ON QOL, QWL AND HEALTH -- Understanding Quality of Life: The Experience of Life as a Function of ourAttitudes and our Personal Philosophy of Life -- A Need for an Integrated Approach towards QOL, QWL and Health -- A Strategy for the New Millennium: Hard Value from Soft Values -- A Scientific Approach: Using Knowledge to Create Knowledge -- Bridging Cultural Differences: Valuing Diversity and Creating a New Society
*5058 $aA Practical Solution: Measurement, Education, Learning and PersonalDevelopment (QOL-health and QWL-health Interventions) -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDICES -- Rationale -- Strategy -- Features and Benefits of the QOL, QWL and Health Programs, Tools andInstruments -- Proposed Process for Implementation -- APPENDIX B. AN ESTIMATE OF IMMEDIATE VALUE GAINEDAS A RESULT OF QWL-HEALTH INTERVENTIONS -- APPENDIX C. LEGAL ASPECTS -- Intellectual Rights -- Right of Use -- APPENDIX D. LIST OF MATERIAL AND COURSES -- The Material -- The Courses -- APPENDIX E. QWL-QUESTIONNAIRE® -- Basic Theory and Concepts -- QOL (Quality of Life) -- Mastery -- Fellowship -- Creation of Real Value -- Development of the QWL-Questionnaire -- Validation of the QWL-Questionnaire -- APPENDIX F. THE PERSONAL QWL-PROFILE AND ITS DIMENSIONS -- APPENDIX G. INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL RESOURCES -- Reference -- APPENDIX I. THE QWL-TOOL: INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS -- Description and Contents of Package -- Overview of Program Contents and Form -- Implementation of 16-week Program -- APPENDIX J -- QWL Tables -- Major Findings -- REFERENCES -- PART II:RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE:IMPROVING VALUE BY MAKING YOUR PEOPLEHAPPY AT WORK -- WORKING LIFE QUALITY AND VALUE -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE (QWL)? -- ECONOMICAL INTEREST IN IMPROVED QWL -- TO THRIVE BETTER -- Fewer Days Lost through Sickness -- Higher Quality and Larger Efficiency -- Better Innovation -- Environment-friendly Image -- FORMULA FOR QWL AND VALUE TO THE COMPANY -- Determination of α and β -- DISCUSSION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- FUTURE RESEARCH AND DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- WORKING LIFE QUALITYWITH THE SEQWL QUESTIONNAIRE -- INTRODUCTION -- Quality of Life (QOL) -- Mastery -- Fellowship -- Creation of Real Value -- NOTHING IS AS PRACTICAL AS A GOOD THEORY -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEQWL-QUESTIONNAIRE
*5058 $aVALIDATION OF THE SEQWL-QUESTIONNAIRE -- APPENDIX 1. SELF-EVALUATION OFWORKING LIFE QUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE (SEQWL) -- Influence -- The Experience of Working -- Commitment -- Professional and Personal Development -- Organization: Fellowship -- Information -- Cooperation -- Working Environments -- Management -- Relations -- Influence in the Organization -- The Mission -- Quality -- Efficiency -- Ethics -- Creating Proper Values -- Personal Evaluation of Quality of Working Life -- REFERENCES -- ANTONOVSKY SALUTOGENESIS RELATED TO WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- OUR STUDY -- SOME OF OUR FINDINGS -- COMMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MOOD DISORDERS AND SUICIDE -- INTRODUCTION -- CLARIFICATION OF THE DIAGNOSIS -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND MOOD DISORDERS -- ARE CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS MORE DANGEROUS? -- CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT -- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- BIOLOGICAL FACTORS -- SHIFT WORK AND JET LAG -- PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT AND MOOD DISORDERS -- SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AT WORK -- POTENTIAL MECHANISMS -- GENDER IMPLICATIONS -- JOB INSECURITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- WORK-RELATED SUICIDE -- TOWARD THE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER,AND MORE PRODUCTIVE WORKPLACE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART III:TRAVELLING AND INSPIRATIONFOR DEVELOPMENT AS LEADER -- TRAVEL AND SHIFT WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CIRCADIAN SYSTEM -- Circadian Rhythms -- LIGHT IS THE MAIN ZEITGEBER -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF JET LAG -- LIGHT AND JET LAG TREATMENT -- MELATONIN FOR JET LAG -- SYMPTOMATIC INTERVENTIONS -- Hypnotics -- Caffeine -- Modafinil (Provigil) -- Exercise -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- REFLECTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Problem of Method -- Intuitive Leadership of Organizations -- Intuitive Leadership of People in Personal Development -- Intuitive Leadership of Scientific Projects -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART IV:ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
*5058 $aPUBLICATIONS ON QUALITY OF LIFE 1994-2008FROM AN INTERNATIONAL GROUPOF COLLABORATORS -- INTRODUCTION -- Books Published -- Chapters in Books -- Peer-reviewed Scientific Papers -- QOL Philosophy -- QOL Theory -- QOL Questionnaires (SEQOL, QOL5) -- QOL Results -- Theories of Existence -- Holistic Medicine -- QOL as Medicine -- Clinical Holistic Medicine -- Human Development -- Sense of Coherence Papers -- Research Summary Papers -- Short Reviews in the Public Debate -- ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH CENTERIN COPENHAGEN -- INTRODUCTION -- Books Published -- Chapters in Books -- Peer-reviewed Scientific Papers(See also www.livskvalitet.org) -- QOL Philosophy -- QOL Theory -- QOL Questionnaires (SEQOL, QOL5) -- QOL Results -- Theories of Existence -- Holistic Medicine -- QOL as Medicine -- Clinical Holistic Medicine -- Human Development -- Sense of Coherence Papers -- Research Summary Papers -- Short Reviews in the Public Debate -- ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILDHEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL -- INTRODUCTION -- MISSION -- SERVICE AND ACADFEMIC ACTIVITIES -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- CONTACT PERSON -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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*650 0$aQuality of work life.
*650 0$aWork environment.
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*7001 $aMerrick, Joav.
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