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In words of Aristotle “different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life”. Psychological literature has shown that becoming happier doesn’t just make one “feel good”. Happier people are more sociable, energetic, cooperative and better liked by others. In becoming happier we boost our engagement with work and with other people and our physical and mental health. Even though genetics plays a role in experience of happiness, it has been proven that barring extreme, many of life experiences are in our control and we can change happiness levels by choosing activities and strategies we pursue. Healthy usage and development of strengths and virtues are key to good life- a life in which one can use one’s signature strengths to bring authentic happiness. Thus based on these research findings the authors carried out a pilot study to measure the happiness scores of employees (supervisors) and identify the factors that were contributing to happiness at work and also those factors (organizational and personal factors) that organization needed to pay attention to and develop appropriate activities and strategies to enhance the overall organization happiness score. Further, the study also aimed to identify the relationship between employee years of experience and individual level of happiness.

Keywords

Workplace, Happiness, Quality of Worklife, Professional life.

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