Happiness as a Soft Skill for Well-Being in the Future Workplace

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Author(s): Aditi Singh Sharma (Amity University, Ranchi, India)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 10
Source title: Insights on Wellbeing and Happiness in the Workplace
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kakul Agha (Skyline University College, UAE)and Anees Janee Ali (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-2939-9.ch019

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Human Aspects of Business / Organizational Theory, Culture, and Behavior

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Abstract

The workplace is now truly global and muti-continental. In the last couple of decades, the global workplace has seen tremendous challenges with respect to the well-being and happiness of employees and management. In the post-COVID era there are new tenets that need to be identified and implemented to maximize well-being and happiness. The chapter presents an evaluative assessment of what needs to be done to make the organizational environment conducive to employee well-being and happiness. The chapter looks into the concept of work-life balance involving the key components of work life and non-work life. The chapter provides an insight about personal and organizational parameters that lead to work-life balance; and factors that affect well-being and happiness. Finally, the chapter looks at possible future research directions and policy parameters. The chapter takes a peek at the new age workplace with remote and anytime anywhere work. The focus is now on nurturing employee well-being which is critical to developing workplace resilience.

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