The Impact of Saudi Nurses’ Happiness on Their Turnover Intentions

Highly happy nurses are more productive, engaged and loyal. If nurses are satisfied, then their intention to leave is low. Aim: to investigate the impact of Saudi nurses’ happiness on their intention to turnover in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Research Hypothesis: H0. There is no relationship between the nurses’ happiness on their intention to turnover among Saudi nurses. H1. The happy Saudi nurses will have a lower turnover intention among Saudi nurses in the Medina region. Design: Quantitative, cross-sectional, and correlational study designs have been used. Setting: Big public hospital in Medina from June to October 2022. Sample: A quota, convenience sample of 281 Saudi nurses. Tools: A. Oxford happiness inventory to measure the nurses’ happiness. B. Turnover Intention Scale to evaluate the Saudi nurses’ intention to leave their current job. Results: More than half of the nurses had moderate happiness, but more than 75% of the Saudi nurses had a desire to leave. The relationship between happiness and turnover intentions is negative. Conclusion: Magnet-like work environments in Saudi Arabia are critical to recruit and retain nurses with critical nursing shortages. Recommendations: Encourage governmental policy-makers to formulate national policies and KPIs in order to make them happy and retain them. .

Comparison of Self-Strength, Seeking Help and Happiness between Pakistani and Chinese Adolescents: A Positive Psychology Inquiry

Adolescents’emotions and preferences are influenced by their childhood experiences.In today’s world,there is a pervasive eagerness for happiness.Happiness has been linked to feelings of self-strength,seeking help,and psy-chological health.The current quantitative research was designed with a positive psychological perspective to compare Pakistani and Chines adolescents’self-strength,seeking help,and happiness.The research design of the study was causal-comparative.The study population consisted of 400 Pakistani and 409 Chinese adolescents studying in the elementary grades of both countries.The sample was selected by using a simple random sampling technique.It consisted of 413 boys(51%)and 396 girls(49%),319(39)of them were from the age group of 13–14 years,386(48%)of them were from the age group of 15–16 years,and 104(12.9%)were from the age group of 17–18 years.Three different scales were developed to collect study data.Independent sample t-test and simple linear regression were used to test study hypotheses.The analysis revealed that Pakistani adolescents have signifi-cantly higher self-strength,seeking help and happiness than their counterparts.It was also found that adolescents’self-strength and seeking help significant affect their happiness.Based on thefindings,it was suggested to inves-tigate the factors contributing to the improved self-strength,seeking help,and happiness of Pakistani adolescents.It was also recommended to investigate the mediating effect of adolescents’self-strength on the relationship between their happiness and seeking help.

The Connotation and Educational Significance of Aristotle’s Happiness Thoughts

The topic of happiness has been discussed by many thinkers since ancient times.The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle elaborated his view of happiness in terms of its connotation and manifestation,and the way it is achieved.Happiness is first of all a realistic activity in accordance with virtue,which can be obtained by people and embodied in their daily life.Happiness is not only personal happiness,but also the highest and broadest“supreme good”,which requires the joint efforts of the whole city-state.His profound philosophical exposition provides us with profound theoretical guidance for the development of happiness education today.

The Realistic Dilemma, Problem Tracking and Mitigating Strategies of Primary School Science Teachers’ Professional Happiness

The Science teachers in primary schools are the key group in developing science education, and they play a vital role in realizing the dream of strengthening the country through education. Their professional happiness deserves special attention. Whether this group is happy not only affects their own working conditions and quality of life, but also affects the work vitality of other teachers. Improving the professional happiness of science teachers in primary schools has become an important topic in the construction of teachers’ team in the new period. At present, the intensity of primary school science teachers’ own work is high, their non-own work is increasing, their physical and mental health is difficult to guarantee, and their professional happiness is reduced. The main causes of the problems are poor individual psychological quality, poor school management style and improper social cognitive evaluation. In order to solve this problem, we have explored strategies to improve the professional happiness of science teachers in primary schools through reshaping teachers’ work, democratic management of schools and national policy guarantee.

Corporate Social Responsibility Perception and Happiness of Employees:Evidence From Disney Resort in China

In recent years,many scholars have discussed good corporate culture,such as corporate social responsibility.The study investigates the relationship between employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility(CSR)and happiness in China’s resort industry.Four types of corporate social responsibilities are economic,legal,ethical,and discretionary.The study is an empirical study conducted to survey full-time workers who are working in Disney Resort,China.257 effective samples have been collected.The result implicated that the Disney Resort employees’corporate social responsibility perception positively affects happiness.Economic,legal,ethical,and discretionary responsibility all positively affect happiness.

The Pursuit of Unhappiness:The Ground Theory to Explain Why People Choose to Be Unhappy Rather Than Happy

This article presents a ground theory to explain why some individuals choose to be unhappy rather than happy,supported by empirical data collected from a sample of 750 professionals in Greece’s public and private sectors.We begin by reviewing the existing literature on happiness and well-being,highlighting the debate between hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives.We then introduce our research questions and rationale,and describe our methods,sample,and psychometric tools used to measure happiness and other variables of interest.Our results indicate that various factors,including cultural influences,past experiences,and personal values,contribute to individuals’pursuit of unhappiness.We conclude with a thorough discussion of our results and their implications for future research and interventions aimed at promoting well-being.

基于语料库的英汉情感隐喻对比研究——以HAPPINESS IS UP为例

对于HAPPINESS这一情感概念,英汉两种语言中都存在UP方位隐喻。虽然英汉两种语言中同一概念的隐喻源域相同,但由于文化与认知差异,东西方在概念表达的选择上既有共性又有不同。英汉语料库对比分析表明,共性表现为英汉情感隐喻的具身性;差异表现为英语使用者更倾向于直接和清晰地表达情感概念,而汉语使用者则习惯用更多维的方式表达抽象的情感概念。

Views on Marriage and Happiness in Pride and Prejudice

At the very beginning of the book-Pride and Prejudice,the author said"It is universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be want of a wife."From this line,we can find that marriage is the most important thing to women.Sometimes it even equals to men's career at that time.It seems like once a woman married to a rich single man,she succeed in her lifetime"career".The question is what is the standard of that"succeed"? Married to a rich man,or the man you really love,or a man you had a crush on? Everyone keep these questions in mind since very early time,and different people have different opinions.In her short life,Jane Austin,the great novelist,composed six novels and created lot of female characters.Women in her novel had different attitudes toward marriage.Speaking of marriage,Pride and Prejudice must be the most representative work of it,and it is also Jane's masterpiece.Through the different type of marriage of Mr.Bennet's daughters,we can find the Jane's atti tude towards marriage.In this article the author will discuss this issue based on Pride and Prejudice.

Paradox of Happiness Gene——An Analysis of Power’s Ethical Thoughts in Generosity: An Enhancement

Generosity:An Enhancement revolving around Thassadit Amzwar and the happiness gene in her body, concentrates on its appearance,research, publicity and exploiting of her happiness gene. It proposes the ethical conundrums: Are negative emotions like depression and anxiety no longer needed? Can a genetic marker dispose us toward happiness? Happiness should not be left to contingency and genes.Once materialized into a physical object which can be bought and sold like a commodity,the fundamental laws of ethics will collapse.

认知语言学视角下“HAPPINESS/幸福”概念隐喻相似性研究

认知语言学进一步继承和发展了亚里士多德的经典隐喻理论,认为隐喻是人们认知世界的工具和手段。英汉"HAPPINESS/幸福"概念隐喻具有相似性,"HAPPINESS/幸福"是人类的基本情感之一,在人们的认知与体验中具有重要的作用,这在语言中得到了很好的体现。

Conceptual Metaphors of Happiness between English and Chinese

The Conceptual metaphors of Happiness between English and Chinese are contrasted from a cognitive perspective based on corpus.After data analysis,some similarities and differences between English Happiness metaphors and Chinese Happiness metaphors are found.The conclusion is that the similarity between them is based on the same bodily experience,while the differences lie on different cultural models.

How to Grow Happiness

有人说幸福来源于深切地去感触。简单地去享受。自由地去思考，以及被需要。对此我并无异议，只是在想如何才能种植幸福。

Overview of Research on Relationship between Income Level and Happiness of Chinese Rural Residents

By conducting meta-analysis on the researches of relationship between income level and happiness at home and abroad,this paper researches the relationship between income level and happiness.The results show that the relationship between income level and happiness takes on U-shape curve,and it can be explained from adaptation,social comparison and psychological expectation.Finally,in order to promote rural residents' income level and strengthen rural residents' happiness in China,corresponding policy suggestions are put forward as follows:bridge gap of urban-rural residents' income distribution;dilute the competitions for money and status among people;perfect rural social security system;endeavor to create a situation in which all rural residents do their best.

The Moderating Effect of Health on the Relationship between Involvement in Housework of Parents’ and Parents-in-Law’s Families and Happiness of Middle-Aged Women in Taiwan

Background: This study aims to investigate the moderating effect of family health status on the relationship between involvement in housework of two-side parents’ families and happiness of middle-aged women in Taiwan. Methods: The data used in this study were gathered from the Ministry of Science and Technology’s program—“Intergenerational expectation and collaboration: an inquiry on a new mechanism of continued tradition across generations”. The subjects (n = 512) were restricted to aged 45 - 64 years old who live with spouses and have children, and one of whose parent or parent-in-law is still alive. Multiple regression analysis was used to investigate how family health status moderates the relationship between involvement in housework of parents’ families and parents-in-law’s families and the happiness of middle-aged women. Results: 1) Family health status is positively correlated with their happiness. 2) The parents’ health status can moderate the relationship between involvement in housework of parents’ families and happiness of the middle-aged women. 3) The middle-aged women’s health status can moderate the relationship between involvement in housework of parents-in-law’s families and those women’s happiness, and fathers-in-law’s health status can moderate the relationship between husbands’ involvement in housework of the women’s parents-in-law’s families and women’s happiness. Conclusions: In future, when policies and programs related to the well-being of middle-aged women are being planned, the effect of women’s health and family health status shall be considered as a key to improve those women’s quality of life.

Predictors of happiness among Iranian nurses

Objectives:This study aimed to assess happiness and its predictors among a group of Iranian hospital nurses.Methods:This cross-sectional study was done in 2016 on 620 hospital nurses who worked in five teaching hospitals affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences,Kashan,Iran.Nurses were recruited through the census method.Data collection instruments were a researcher-made demographic and occupational characteristics questionnaire,the Oxford Happiness Inventory,and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire.Data analysis was done through stepwise multiple linear regression analysis.Results:Among 620 recruited nurses,422 returned their questionnaires completely filled.The mean of their happiness was 123.4±18.4 in the possible score range of 29-174.The significant predictors of happiness were satisfaction with mental health,monthly salary,satisfaction with salary,quality of life,current hospital ward,the length of working in the current ward,work shift,age,job satisfaction,and satisfaction with physicians'conduct and performance.These variables explained 50.3%of the total variance of happiness.Satisfaction with mental health had the greatest proportion in explaining the variance of happiness.Conclusion:Nurses in teaching hospitals in Kashan,Iran,have moderate happiness.Their happiness is affected by different factors,particularly by satisfaction with their mental health.Health policy-makers and authorities,in developing workforce-related plans and programs,need to pay special attention to nurses'happiness and its contributing factors.

Predictors of nurse's happiness:a systematic review

Objective:An acute shortage of nurses exists all over the world.Part of this shortage appears to be due to nurses’low job satisfaction,low retention,and high turnover.Happiness at work is identified as a contributing factor that determines the shortage of nurses across the world.This paper critically appraised the existing scientific articles that assessed the individual and organizational predictors of happiness among nurses.Methods:The systematic review was conducted from August 2010 to August 2020 using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses(PRISMA)guidelines.Scientific articles were searched in the electronic databases(Scopus,Medline,CINAHL,Psych INFO,and Pubmed Central)on the predictors of happiness among nurses.Results:A total of 13 articles were selected following the literature search and a thematic analysis was done.This review provides updated evidence on the predictors of nurses’happiness.Job-related predictors were identified as organizational predictors;and personal,psychological,family,social,and spiritual predictors were reported to be the individual predictors.Conclusions:As both individual and organizational predictors determine the happiness of nurses,the authors recommend the need for future interventional studies to increase the nurses’happiness,their mental health,and health-related quality of life.

Securing Happiness in the Workplace

It is a discussion of how to secure the workplace happiness by interviews of a professional and two employees.It addresses that making an employee feel valued to the company,good working relationships,achievements recognized and leadership are significant to maintain employee satisfaction and well being.

Nature, Reason and Happiness in the Ricardian Socialists

In this article we focus on the making of socialism,of socialist thought in history,in Britain.The four socialists we are going to present in this paper are not so famous as Marx,Engels or even William Morris,but they played an essential role in the birth of socialism in Britain,and they certainly deserve being remembered.Their names are Thomas Hodgskin,William Thompson,John Gray and John Francis Bray.They are usually referred to as the‘Ricardian Socialists'.This article will try to examine the underlying philosophy which their economic constructions imply.Revisiting these writers may help understand the notions of nature,reason and happiness that are part and parcel of their socialism thought and their economic thought.