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Further Reading of Interest:

Bandura, A. (1997). Self Efficacy, New York: Freeman.

Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. (1999). First Break all the Rules: What the world’s greatest managers do differently. New York, Simon & Schuster.

Buss, D. (2000). The Evolution of Happiness. American Psychologist, 55: 15-23.

Csikzentmihalyi, M. (2002). Flow: the Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness. Rider & Co.

Deci, E. & Ryan, R. (1985). Intrinsic Motivation and Self in Human Behavior.

Diener, E., Suh, E., Lucan, R. & Smith, H. (1999). Subjective well-being: three decades of progress. Pyschological Bulletin, 125: 273-302.

Maruta, T., Colligan, R.C., Malinchoc, M. & Offord, K.P. (2000). Optimists vs Pessimists: survival rates among medical patients over a 30 year period. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 75: 140-143

McGregor, I. & Little, B.R. (1998). Personal Projects, Happiness and Meaning; On Doing Well and Being Yourself. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74: 494-512.

Reis, H., Sheldon, K.M., Gable, S.L., Roscoe, J. & Ryan, R.M. (2000). Daily well-being: the role of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Journal of Personality, 62: 199-218.

Ryan, R. & Deci, E. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development and well-being. American Psychologist, 55: 68-78.

Ryff, C. & Keyes, C. (1995). The Structure of psychological well-being revisited. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57: 1069-1081.

Seligman, M.E.P. (2003). Authentic Happiness, London, Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

Snyder, C.R. & Lopez, S. (2006). Handbook of positive psychology. New York, OUP.

Warr, P. (1999). Well-being and the workplace. In E. Kahnemann, E. Diener & N. Schwartz (eds) Well-being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology (pp 393-412), New York, Russell Sage Foundation.