"Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life" ed. by Ana Alice Vilas Boas

This book is about the well-being, quality of life, and quality of working life. The authors come from different countries, and their ideas, studies, findings, and experiences offer beneficial contributions to enhance our knowledge in the field of well-being and quality of life, as well as quality of working life. This book will be of interest for readers with a diverse group of audience in different areas of specialty such as psychology, industrial and social psychology, management, medicine, education, law, and sociology.


The book is divided into two sections, and their respective chapters refer to two major areas.
The first section covers "Different Perspectives of Quality of Life," considering the antecedents of happiness, quality of life and sports, quality of life indexes for the United States, well-being in the context of family policies in European countries, cultural well-being and income in Italy, and the right to life in South Africa.
The second section deals with "Well-Being and Quality of Working Life," emphasizing these topics for university professors in Brazil, as well as work-related well-being, psychological well-being of individuals as employees, physical and psychical well-being and stress, human work in organizations considering the discomfort perspective, and professional pride and dignity among social workers.


Contents
1 Exploring the Antecedents of Happiness: Reconceptualization of Human Needs with Glasser's Choice Theory
2 Positive Psychology: The Use of the Framework of Achievement Bests to Facilitate Personal Flourishing
3 Understanding the Concept of Life Quality within the Framework of Social Service Provision: Theoretical Analysis and a Case Study
4 Quality of Life and Physical Activity: Their Relationship with Physical and Psychological Well-Being
5 Building a Quality of Life Index
6 The Development of a Human Well-Being Index for the United States
7 Quality of Life, Well-Being and Social Policies in European Countries1
8 Cultural Well-Being and GDP Per Capita in Italy: Empirical Evidence
9 The Mammoth Task of Realising the Right to Life: A South African Perspective
10 Well-being and Quality of Working Life of University Professors in Brazil
11 Work-Related Well-Being: From Qualitative Job Insecurity to Cognitive Reappraisal
12 Psychological Well-Being of Individuals as Employees and a Paradigm in the Future Economy and Society
13 Physical and Psychical Well-Being and Stress: The Perspectives of Leaders and Employees
14 Human Work and its Discontents
15 Professional Pride and Dignity? A Classic Grounded Theory Study among Social Workers