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Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life
Manel Baucells
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Description for Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life
Paperback. Integrating the authors' own research with the advanced thinking in the behavioral and social sciences - including management science, psychology, and economics - this title offers a fresh approach to the puzzle of happiness. It shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences - including management science, psychology, and economics - they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, "Engineering Happiness" has something to offer everyone - regardless of background, profession, or aspiration - who wants to better understand, control, ... Read more
Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences - including management science, psychology, and economics - they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, "Engineering Happiness" has something to offer everyone - regardless of background, profession, or aspiration - who wants to better understand, control, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
377g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268210
SKU
V9780520268210
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About Manel Baucells
Manel Baucells is Professor of Business and Economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Rakesh Sarin is Paine Professor of Management at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews for Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life
"In approach and in its creativity, Engineering Happiness is one of the best books on happiness in many a moon!" Spirituality & Practice