A Map of Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Lomas
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Core Features

This concluding chapter summarises the analysis presented in the preceding chapters, and charts a path for the lexicography project to take over the coming years. The chapter begins by distilling the core features of the three meta-categories that together form the overarching theory of wellbeing introduced here, representing the main ways it is experienced (feelings), influenced (relationships), and cultivated (development). In a spirit of reflexivity, it is acknowledged that the analysis in the book has its limitations, including being influenced by the situatedness of the author. However, it is argued that these very limitations can provide the basis for a future research agenda. It is anticipated that this could have two main strands: an empirical strand (aimed at improving the lexicography), and an applied strand (involving initiatives to help people cultivate familiarity with the phenomena signified by the words). Together, these two strands will allow the potential of the lexicography to be fully realised and harnessed in the years ahead.

Confluence of Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

2022 ◽  
pp. 175-202
Author(s):  
Abdul Gani ◽  
Sana Shabir
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Leadership Effectiveness ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Workplace Outcomes

Recent interest in the subject of workplace spirituality and leadership emphasizes the integrative potential of spirituality in the workplace as a means of increasing cohesiveness and leadership effectiveness. Relatively little attention has, so far, been devoted to how spirituality could act as a force of developing leadership effectiveness within organizations. Since workplace spirituality and leadership together are in a developing phase of postmodern discourse, the bridge between the two needs to be narrowed down by identifying the reasons for the evident disconnection between workplace outcomes and leadership spirituality and probing possible moderators and mediators of this relationship. The chapter encapsulates the existing research evidence on spirituality and leadership effectiveness to identify the future research agenda in the area. The review reveals that workplace spirituality and leadership share a significant positive relationship and that improving the core areas of spirituality can improve various dimensions of leadership.

scholarly journals Tourism and Trust: Theoretical Reflections

2020 ◽  
pp. 004728752096117
Author(s):  
Allan M. Williams ◽  
Vladimír Baláž
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
The Relationship

Tourism researchers have increasingly, but selectively and uncritically, engaged with the notion of trust. This study therefore aims to provide a stronger theoretical foundation for understanding tourism-related trust, starting from consideration of uncertainty and the nature of tacit knowledge. The relationship between displacement and uncertainty is at the core of the distinctiveness of trust in tourism, highlighting the importance of institutions, but also recognizing the diversity of tourism contexts. Three disciplinary perspectives on trust are considered: economics, psychology, and sociology. After outlining their general characteristics in relation to McKnight and Chervany’s typology of trust, we review their application in tourism, and conclude by identifying a future research agenda to address the distinctive characteristics of trust in tourism.

Reframing the Compositional Capability: A Resource-Based View on ‘A Composition-Based View of Firm Growth’

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henk W. Volberda ◽  
Emre Karali
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
The Core ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Conceptual Setting

This commentary targets the core ideas of the composition-based view (CBV). First, we argue that the deployment of compositional capabilities (CCs) to combine ordinary resources fits the resource-based view (RBV) and that there is therefore no need for a CBV. Second, we argue that the CCs should be presented as a specific type of dynamic capability (DC). We show that even where ordinary resources are being combined, superior combinatory capabilities are needed as competitive advantage cannot otherwise be achieved. Third, we argue that Luo and Child (2015) focused too much on the emerging economy enterprises (EEEs) as the conceptual setting. We conclude with a future research agenda to prepare the ground for research on compositional capabilities within the composition-based view of the firm.

scholarly journals Leadership behavior and employee well-being: An integrated review and a future research agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilke Inceoglu ◽  
Geoff Thomas ◽  
Chris Chu ◽  
David Plans ◽  
Alexandra Gerbasi
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Research Agenda

Sources and categories of well-being: a systematic review and research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Arafat Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Subjective Appraisals

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the sources and categories of well-being from the transformative service research (TSR) domain. The paper also aims to offer a unified framework of sources and categories of well-being and several future research agenda.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review method is applied to address the study aims. A three-phase approach has been applied, which produced a total of 70 peer-reviewed empirical studies for the review.FindingsThe analysis has identified five major sources and their underlying sub-sources of well-being. The major sources are organization-, individual-, collective-, service system-, and situation-driven sources. The findings further identified two major categories or well-being showing the capacity and functioning, and subjective appraisals of life conditions. The identified sources and categories of well-being develop a unified framework showing a simplistic path or relations between the sources and the categories.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper offers several research agenda explaining what source-related issues can be addressed for enhancing well-being for various entities. It also adds a proposed schema and research questions for examining the possible relations and influences between the sources of well-being and social well-being of individuals.Practical implicationsPractitioners can get important insights about the matters over which they have little or no control such as the activities, motives and processes that take place in individuals' and collectives' spheres and mechanisms of supports in social networks.Originality/valueThe paper is the first to offer a systematic review on the empirical studies of the TSR domain identifying a comprehensive list of sources and categories of well-being and a resulting unified framework and research agenda.

Sustainable human resource management: a systematic review of a developing field

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-324
Author(s):  
Alex Anlesinya ◽  
Pattanee Susomrith
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Future Research Agenda

Purpose This study aims to systematically review sustainable human resource management (HRM) research with the aim of establishing its research themes, methods and contextual focus to develop a better understanding of the state of the field and the gaps in the research, as well as to propose a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a systematic literature review method that involves the use of 122 studies from six reputable databases covering January 2003 to March 2020. Findings There is an over-concentration on the ecological perspective of sustainable HRM and managers dominate the examined population. Moreover, there are geographical imbalances in sustainable HRM research. More so, the idea of bundling sustainable HRM practices together has received scanty research attention relative to the individual sustainable HRM best practices. Consequently, from a strategic HRM perspective, the authors highlight various ways to bundle sustainable HRM practices together. Also, the authors suggest that the ability-motivation-opportunity enhancing (AMO) theory’s perspective provides particularly useful means for this investigation. Furthermore, the findings suggest that sustainable HRM can influence organisations to become more competitive and effective in their quests to ensure economic prosperity, social well-being and ecological outcomes for their stakeholders. Practical implications The evidence reveals that there are significant gaps in the literature on the topic and confirms that the field is still at its developmental stage. Hence, there is a need for more rigorous research on the topic to help develop a better understanding of this new field. Originality/value This study contributes by providing the first comprehensive review of sustainable HRM themes, methods and contextual focus and by proposing future research agenda. It, therefore, offers a valuable point of departure for those moving into the sustainable HRM domain, as well as valuable insights for those already working in this space.

scholarly journals Robotic transformative service research: deploying social robots for consumer well-being during COVID-19 and beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1131-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander P. Henkel ◽  
Martina Čaić ◽  
Marah Blaurock ◽  
Mehmet Okan
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Robotics ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Vulnerable Consumers

PurposeBesides the direct physical health consequences, through social isolation COVID-19 affects a considerably larger share of consumers with deleterious effects for their psychological well-being. Two vulnerable consumer groups are particularly affected: older adults and children. The purpose of the underlying paper is to take a transformative research perspective on how social robots can be deployed for advancing the well-being of these vulnerable consumers and to spur robotic transformative service research (RTSR).Design/methodology/approachThis paper follows a conceptual approach that integrates findings from various domains: service research, social robotics, social psychology and medicine.FindingsTwo key findings advanced in this paper are (1) a typology of robotic transformative service (i.e. entertainer, social enabler, mentor and friend) as a function of consumers' state of social isolation, well-being focus and robot capabilities and (2) a future research agenda for RTSR.Practical implicationsThis paper guides service consumers and providers and robot developers in identifying and developing the most appropriate social robot type for advancing the well-being of vulnerable consumers in social isolation.Originality/valueThis study is the first to integrate social robotics and transformative service research by developing a typology of social robots as a guiding framework for assessing the status quo of transformative robotic service on the basis of which it advances a future research agenda for RTSR. It further complements the underdeveloped body of service research with a focus on eudaimonic consumer well-being.

scholarly journals Making personalised short breaks meaningful: a future research agenda to connect academia, policy and practice

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Seddon ◽  
Emma Miller ◽  
Louise Prendergast ◽  
Don Williamson ◽  
Joyce Elizabeth Cavaye
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Positive Caregiving ◽  
What Matters

Purpose There is a growing policy impetus to promote carer well-being through the provision of personalised short breaks. However, understanding of what makes for a successful personalised short break is limited. This paper aims to identify key evidence gaps and considers how these could be addressed. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review mapping the evidence base relevant to respite and short breaks for carers for older people, including those living with dementia, was completed. National and international literature published from 2000 onwards was reviewed. The scoping review focused on well-being outcomes, identified by previous research, as being important to carers. Findings Most studies investigating the outcomes of short breaks for carers supporting older people focus on traditional day and residential respite care. Although there have been developments in more personalised break options for carers, research exploring their impact is scarce. There is limited knowledge about how these personalised breaks might support carers to realise important outcomes, including carer health and well-being; a life alongside caring; positive caregiving relationships; choices in caring; and satisfaction in caring. Three priority lines of inquiry to shape a future research agenda are identified: understanding what matters – evidencing personalised short break needs and intended outcomes; capturing what matters – outcomes from personalised short breaks; and commissioning, delivering and scaling up personalised short breaks provision to reflect what matters. Originality/value This paper contributes to the development of an outcome-focused research agenda on personalised short breaks.

scholarly journals Antecedents and consequences of Personal Financial Management Behavior: a systematic literature review and future research agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirti Goyal ◽  
Satish Kumar ◽  
Jing Jian Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Management Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the current state of research on Personal Financial Management Behavior (PFMB), with a prime focus on its antecedents and the consequences. By analyzing the research trends, methods, determinants and outcomes, the PFMB literature is synthesized, and agenda for future research is suggested. A framework is presented that portrays PFMB's antecedents and consequences and further specification of the mediation and moderation linkages.Design/methodology/approachThe review is based on 160 articles published during 1970–2020. It follows a systematic approach and presents the definitions and theories of PFMB, publication trends based on time, region, sample population, research designs, data collection and analysis techniques, along with antecedents and outcomes through content analysis.FindingsThe synthesis draws upon various factors affecting PFMB, such as demographics, socio-economic, psychological, social, cultural, financial experience, financial literacy (FL) and technological factors. The prominent outcomes of PFMB include financial satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, quality of life, financial success, happiness, financial vulnerability/resilience and financial well-being. The future research agenda sums up the recommendations in the form of research questions on variables and their linkages, followed by methodological advancements.Originality/valueThis paper covers the scholarly work done in this area in the past 51 years. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first attempt to offer a most comprehensive and collective scholarship of this subject. It further gives an extensive future research agenda.

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