Promoting happiness – How to do it and why?

In an era of constant change, organisations and organisational behaviour have been affected by these changes, forcing multiple paradigm shifts. One of these paradigms has resulted in a concern for happiness and well-being not only on the part of managers but also on the part of organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO). This literature review looked for documents addressing the promotion of happiness, particularly emphasising the organisational context. In this way, the research followed the PRISMA methodology to obtain a database of articles, which was then analysed using VOSviewer to develop a bibliometric analysis of the relationship between thematic groups. Five literature reviews and 49 articles were analysed and distributed into five clusters. The methodology adopted was keyword co-occurrence, which aims to investigate the strength and association of a given term. The clusters were called: Happiness at work: constructs and practices that have a positive impact; Happiness and well-being: Benefits and relationships; Happiness beyond the workplace; Happiness at work and the classical perspectives; and Benefits of promoting happiness at work. This study found that happiness should not be confined to work, nor should it be a concern only for managers, and identified various practices and constructs that boost citizens’ happiness.