New Paper – Building flourishing work communities to build a better society
In this paper, SHINE Research Manager Heloisa Jardim explores what drives people’s well-being and performance at work: We know that the quality of our relationships is a strong predictor of our...
View ArticleSHINE Executive Director to keynote Art & Science of Health Promotion conference
SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely will be keynoting the Art & Science of Health Promotion conference April 2022. Keynote – Pivoting from Mitigating Risk to Optimizing Flourishing: Why...
View ArticleWebinar with SHINE Director Eileen McNeely on Why Business Must Think...
Join SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely as she discusses how considering a new role for organizational caring and establishing a culture of trust, belonging and inclusion is fundamental to...
View ArticleBlockchain Law for Social Good Center spotlights SHINE work with Levi Strauss...
Golden Gate University’s Blockchain Law for Social Good Center featured an article on the collaboration between SHINE, Levi Strauss & Co, New America and ConsenSys to develop a blockchain platform...
View ArticleSHINE Research Collaborator Levi Strauss & Co Publishes Worker Well-being...
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) today published their updated Worker Well-being Guidebook which offers new approaches for brands and factory owners to identify locally relevant ways to improve...
View ArticleNew Paper – Social connectedness reduces risks of depression and anxiety
Researchers from SHINE and the Human Flourishing Program have published a new paper in the International Journal of Public Health examining the associations between social connectedness and mental...
View ArticleNew Paper – A systems perspective on human flourishing within and across...
A new paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology examines the dynamics of human flourishing through a systems perspective based on the relations between its constituents. Using cross-sectional data...
View ArticlePodcast – On using blockchain to measure worker well-being
In this podcast, SHINE’s Eileen McNeely, Levi Strauss Foundation’s Kimberly Almeida and Lexis Nexis’ Olga Mack discuss the results of a pilot study that used SHINE’s Well-being Survey on blockchain to...
View ArticleNew Paper – Prospective associations between strengths of moral character and...
A new paper published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology explores the role of character, reflected in adherence to high standards of moral behavior, in physical and mental health....
View ArticleIn the News – Being good for goodness’ sake — and your own
Dorota Węziak-Białowolska of SHINE and Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program was interviewed by the Harvard Gazette about our recent study exploring the role of character in physical and mental health....
View ArticleIn the News – Integrity may be good for your health
The Harvard Gazette did a feature story focused on our recent study exploring the role of character in physical and mental health. The research team – Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr...
View ArticleNew Paper – Exploring depression and suffering
A new paper published in Frontiers in Psychology explores the distinctions between depression and suffering. Authors Richard G. Cowden, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Eileen McNeely and Tyler J....
View ArticleNew Paper – Demographic predictors of complete well-being
A new paper in BMC Public Health examines demographic differences in flourishing, defined as “complete well-being” and consisting of six domains: emotional health, physical health, purpose, character...
View ArticleNew Paper – On cosmic radiation exposure in flight
A new paper in Frontiers in Public Health examines the radiation exposures which accumulate over time for flight crews. Flight attendants (FA) and pilots are consistently exposed to a complex variety...
View ArticleNew Paper – Associations of suffering with facets of health and well-being at...
A new paper in Scientific Reports explores suffering and its consequences for health and well-being. Although suffering is a ubiquitous part of the human experience, the extant empirical literature on...
View ArticleNew Paper – Associating the importance of well-being with the experience of...
A new paper in Sustainability explores whether the importance assigned to well-being domains may be associated with actual self-reported well-being in these same domains. “Associations between the...
View ArticleNew Paper – Psychological caring climate at work associated with individual...
A new paper in Social Science & Medicine explores caring climate at work and its impact on work outcomes and employee well-being. “Psychological caring climate at work, mental health well-being,...
View ArticleNew Paper – Working from home associated with greater productivity and...
A new paper in PLOS ONE explores how working from home (WFH) impacts work engagement, performance and job satisfaction. “Working from home and subsequent work outcomes: Pre-pandemic evidence,”...
View ArticleNew Podcast – Is working from home unhealthy?
A new podcast, Is working from home unhealthy? from Better Off at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, explores the upsides and downsides of working from home. SHINE’s Executive Director...
View ArticleNew Podcast – What does flying do to my body?
SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely, Principal Investigator of the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study, is interviewed by BBC News World Service’s Caroline Steel on the health impacts of air...
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