Browsing by Subject "Eudaimonia"

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    • Antecedents and outcomes of happiness of managers in the agricultural sector in South Africa 

      Swart, Johannes Petrus (North-West University, 2011)
      The happiness of managers is an important research theme for several reasons. Managers spend most of their working day with people, are constantly interacting with various social systems and are role models for happiness ...

    • Authentic happiness of managers, and individual and organisational outcomes 

      Swart, Johannes (Hannes); Rothmann, Sebastiaan (SAGE Publications, 2012)
      The aim of this study was to investigate managers' orientations to happiness and the relationship thereof to individual and organisational outcomes. A cross-sectional survey design was used with managers in the agricultural ...

    • Deug en Lewensin 

      Oosthuizen, Pieter Ignatuis (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)
      Probably every human being strives after a good (meaningful) life. This may be an oversimplification, but if it were true, the question surely would be: Is modern moral society a true reflection of what a good life, and ...

    • The development and evaluation of positive psychological interventions aimed at happiness 

      Van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus (North-West University, 2012)
      One of the great challenges for positive psychology is that academics, researchers and authors are yet to reach agreement on the terminology, constructs and methodology of the various positive psychological concepts and ...

    • Nearing the post-secular: Unity of Being in the later poetry of T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats 

      Swanepoel, Charika (North-West University (South Africa), 2019)
      This dissertation investigates the ways in which the quest for Unity of Being in the later poetry of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot anticipate what is now known as the “post-secular”. The term “Unity of Being” is drawn from ...

    • Sources of life meaning among South African university students 

      Nell, Werner (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
      This study explored the sources of meaning in life among a group of 243 South African university students, using a sequential exploratory mixed methods design. First, data from semi-structured questionnaires (n=40) were ...

    • Spiritualiteit en Musiek: Gevleuelde Dissiplines 

      Potgieter, Hetta; Lombaard, Christo (Die Suider-Afrikaanse Kerkorrelistevereniging, 2015)
      After a recent paper exploring the newest developments related to the unfolding post-secular spirituality internationally, namely in the fields of Sociology, Law, Philosophy and Theology, this paper explores the recent ...

    • The three meanings of meaning in life: distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance 

      Steger, Michael F.; Martela, Frank (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      Despite growing interest in meaning in life, many have voiced their concern over the conceptual refinement of the construct itself. Researchers seem to have two main ways to understand what meaning in life means: coherence ...

    • Validation of the Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well–being in a South African context 

      Boshoff, Lusilda, 1985- (North-West University, 2012)
      Explicating the nature and concomitants of eudaimonic well-being is currently at the forefront of research on a fulfilling life and functioning well. However, the strength of research conducted on constructs is dependent ...

    • The Virtues of Men : an exploration of virtue ethics and its application to masculinity 

      Koen, Johannes Petrus Theunis (North-West University (South Africa), 2022)
      The modern era has been an era of progress and innovation. It has also been an era of rapid change where old ideas and traditions were substituted for new and modern trends. While the consequences of these changes have ...