Personal Flourishing in Organizations
This book examines the important insights that psychology and philosophy can offer into the promotion of personal flourishing within organizations and the potential benefits that can accrue in terms of personal development, performance, goal achievement,
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Personal Flourishing in Organizations
Personal Flourishing in Organizations
Juan A. Mercado Editor
Personal Flourishing in Organizations
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Editor Juan A. Mercado School of Philosophy Pontifical University of Santa Croce Rome Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-57701-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57702-9
ISBN 978-3-319-57702-9
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Preface
The phrase Personal Flourishing is emerging as a keyword for consistent personal growth not only in the overlapping areas of philosophy and psychology, but in the field of business ethics scholarship. The similarities between the terms growth, maturity, and flourishing—which have always been used to refer to human development—have evolved such that it makes sense to devote to them a systematic treatment gathered from different disciplines working together. The human person clearly develops within an ordered structure and towards a direction that, particularly for human beings, evidences that there is some common understanding regarding the most suitable conditions for growth. Important movements in psychology in recent decades suggested and implemented proposals to establish the different contexts that will allow humans to develop in such a way. The development necessitates important distinctions between the subjects studied. And some subjects more fully reflect this growth than others, i.e. problem-centeredness, mindfulness, and practical tools to de
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