The virtuous organization: The value of happiness in the workplace
The virtuous organization: The value of happiness in the workplace
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DOI：
10.1016/j.orgdyn.2004.09.005
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Mason, RO
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作者：
Gavin, JH;Mason, RO
我们的文化建立在美国梦的概念上。我们一生都在努力工作以获得它：完美的配偶，完美的孩子，完美的职业，完美的汽车，以及郊区的完美房子。工作是我们获得实现这个梦想所需资源的主要手段。对梦想的追求影响着我们所做的一切。我们在大量的生活方式杂志上读到过。我们观看黄金时段的电视节目，思考它，垂涎它，然而，许多渴望实现这一理想的人，甚至那些接近实现这一理想的人，却没有体验到他们渴望的幸福或成功的感觉。人们仍然在想，“还能有什么？”或者，用佩吉·李的话来说，“这就是全部吗？”我们的生活中缺少了一些东西。亚里士多德认为，人类最大的利益是过上美好的生活。在一个好的社会里，所有的成员都能蓬勃发展。“幸福”是一个现代词，通常翻译自希腊语（eudaimonia），用来描述美好的生活。它是通过随着时间的推移生活得好和做得好来实现的。今天许多人的生活中缺少的东西是亚里士多德所设想的幸福，现代工作场所的行为是缺少幸福的主要原因。
Our culture is founded on the concept of the American Dream. We work hard our entire lives to attain it: the perfect spouse, the perfect children, the perfect career, the perfect automobile, and the perfect house in the suburbs. Work is the primary means by which we acquire the resources needed to realize this Dream. Pursuit of the Dream influences everything we do. We read about it in a vast array of life style magazines. We watch prime time television programs depicting it. We think about it. We covet it. Yet many who aspire to this ideal or even those near achieving it do not experience the happiness or feelings of success for which they long. People are still wondering,‘‘What more can there be?’’Or, with Peggy Lee ‘‘Is that all there is?’’Something is missing in our lives.Aristotle argued that the greatest human good is to live a good life. In a good society, all of its members flourish.‘‘Happiness’’is the modern word, usually translated from the original Greek (eudaimonia), used to describe the good life. It is accomplished by living well and doing well over time. The something that is missing in many people’s lives today is happiness as Aristotle conceived of it, and the conduct of the modern workplace is a major reason why it is missing.