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Happiness and Passion at Work: Finding the Common Thread in a Tangle of Definitions – A Conceptual Analysis

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Happiness and passion at work are two interrelated constructs, the importance of which has been acutely pronounced during the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant social isolation. We examine the nomological network of the two concepts, including the differentiation of obsessive and harmonious passion at work and wellbeing. Despite increasing research and theoretical interest in each concept, different terms and classifications exist, resulting in inconstant nominal and operational definitions. In this paper, through a systematic scoping review of the ambiguity of existing terms and use of different concepts for similar meanings, we clarify and discuss the construction of happiness and passion at work, including their interrelationship and differences. Hence, we propose new theoretical definitions (nominal definitions) for each concept that contain all three dimensions. Future studies will be able to develop new indexes (operational definitions) using validity and reliability tests.

Keywords: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; HAPPINESS; PASSION AT WORK; QUALITATIVE METHODS; SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEW

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Department of Behavioral Sciences, The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, 19300, Israel 2: School of Business Administration, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel 3: School of Social Work, Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel

Publication date: March 1, 2024

This article was made available online on May 3, 2023 as a Fast Track article with title: "Happiness and Passion at Work: Finding the Common Thread in a Tangle of Definitions – A Conceptual Analysis".

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