in recent years, economists have paid attention to the relationship between emotions and productivity. economists investigated the bi-directional effect of emotion and subjective well-being, such as happiness, on different economic variables, such as productivity, health, income, and so on. in this paper, we try to study the effect of income on labour force happiness in iran. for this purpose, ...

We argue that the strength of the relationship between income and happiness can be influenced by exposure to organizational practices, such as being paid by the hour , that promote an economic evaluation of time use. Using cross-sectional data from the US, two studies found that income was more strongly associated with happiness for individuals paid by the hour compared to their non-hourly coun...

A construal theory of happiness emphasises the mediating impact of cognitive and motivational processes on the individual’s perceptions of their happiness. This study investigated a path model with the two cognitive variables, self-reflection and selfrumination as mediating factors between an independent self-construal and subjective happiness. One hundred and twenty three participants complete...

The measurement of individual happiness challenges the notion that revealed preferences only reliably and empirically reflect individual utility. Reported subjective well-being is a broader concept than traditional decision utility; it also includes concepts like experience and procedural utility. Microand macroeconometric happiness functions offer new insights on determinants of life satisfact...

This study empirically investigates the flow experiences of different feeling levels when using SNS and how this has impact on the interpersonal communication. Using a survey of Facebook users, this study examines how the flow factors of intrinsic motivation impacts the self-disclosure of SNS and the post-hoc interpersonal relation change when people use SNS. Also, we study how the self-disclos...

Since the dawn of written history, happiness has attracted the attention of great philosophers, including Confucius, Buddha, Socrates, and Aristotle (McMahon, 2006; The Pursuit of Happiness). Happiness has been variously conceptualized and defined throughout history, influenced by the thinking of the times. Today it has come to be recognized as, “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive ...