Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success

Flora F T Chiang, Thomas A. Birtch, Nick Chan

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    Abstract

    This study investigated workplace fun practices, fun experience, and work outcomes (work engagement and job satisfaction). Drawing on social exchange and information processing theories and the demands-resources model, we found that workplace fun practices affect employees’ work outcomes both directly and indirectly. More specifically, fun experience was found to serve as an important psychological process by which WPF practices influence work outcomes. We further found that individual attitudes towards fun moderated the effects of fun experience on work outcomes. In addition to offering a number of new and theoretically significant contributions, this study suggests important pathways through which organizations can foster positive work outcomes. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAcademy of Management Proceedings 2012
    EditorsSonia Taneja
    PublisherAcademy of Management
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012
    Event72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012: The Informal Economy - Boston, United States
    Duration: 3 Aug 20127 Aug 2012
    http://pd.aom.org/2012/subMenu.asp?mode=setmenu&menuid=14 (Conference program)
    https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2012/1 (Conference proceedings)

    Publication series

    NameAcademy of Management Proceedings
    PublisherAcademy of Management
    Number1
    Volume2012
    ISSN (Print)0065-0668
    ISSN (Electronic)2151-6561

    Conference

    Conference72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityBoston
    Period3/08/127/08/12
    Internet address

    User-Defined Keywords

    • job satisfaction
    • work engagement
    • workplace fun

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