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Quality of Life: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Tripathi, Shruti; Rai, Rashmi; Van Rompay-Bartels, Ingrid

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Is the Human Development Index Still Appropriate for the Assessment of Quality of Life? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.3 Quality of Life: What Is It? -- 1.4 About Human Development -- 1.5 Is the HDI Still Relevant? -- 1.6 Opportunities for Future Research and Development of the HDI -- 1.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Workers' Well-Being and Workplace Environment: Crossed Case Studies of Workplaces in Italy, Greece and Portugal -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theoretical Underpinnings on Well-Being -- 2.2.1 Defining and Crafting Environmental Workplace Conditions -- 2.2.2 Designing and Organizing Healthy Working Conditions -- 2.3 Research Methodology -- 2.3.1 Aims -- 2.3.2 Desk Research -- 2.3.3 Experiment Set-Up -- 2.3.4 Sample Characterization -- 2.3.5 HRV Measurements -- 2.4 Results and Discussion -- 2.5 Conclusions, Limitations and Future Research -- Funding -- Acknowledgements -- Conflicts of Interest -- References -- Chapter 3 Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A European Approach for Improvement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Nursing Home Care in Europe -- 3.3 Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and European Answers -- 3.4 The Paradigm Shift from Quality of Care to Quality of Life -- 3.4.1 Introduction of the Compendium -- 3.4.2 Autonomy -- 3.4.3 Participation -- 3.4.4 Human Dignity -- 3.5 Serious Board Game -- 3.5.1 Building the Game -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 International Students' Well-Being Achievements through the Lens of the Capability Approach: A Case Study -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Capability Approach -- 4.3 Participants and Methods -- 4.4 Findings and Discussion -- 4.4.1 Practical Reason -- 4.4.2 Affiliation.

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Quality of life: an interdisciplinary perspective

In: Information technology, management and operations research practices

Tripathi, Shruti; Rai, Rashmi; Van Rompay-Bartels, Ingrid

Chapter 1 Is the Human Development Index Still Appropriate for the Assessment of Quality of Life? -- Chapter 2 Workers' Well-Being and Workplace Environment: Crossed Case Studies of Workplaces in Italy, Greece and Portugal -- Chapter 3 Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A European Approach for Improvement -- Chapter 4 International Students' Well-Being Achievements through the Lens of the Capability Approach: A Case Study -- Chapter 5 Improving Quality of Life through Global Citizenship Education (GCED) -- Chapter 6 Technological Innovation for Environmental Sustainability and Quality of Life -- Chapter 7 Key Factors and Influencers Determining Work-Life Balance and Their Implications on Quality of Life -- Chapter 8 Smart Cities and Their Role in Enhancing Quality of Life -- Chapter 9 Integrating Human Well-Being and Quality of Life Derived from Nature-Based Livelihoods in Modern Economy -- Chapter 10 Nurturing Resilience and Quality of Life: A Blue Economy Approach -- Chapter 11 Spatial Assessment of Quality of Life Using Composite Index: A Case of Kerala, India -- Index.

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Quality of life: an interdisciplinary perspective

In: Information technology, management and operations research practices

Tripathi, Shruti; Rai, Rashmi; Van Rompay-Bartels, Ingrid

"This book presents the Quality of Life using a contemporary and interdisciplinary approach. Various socio-cultural, spiritual, technological, and human factors aspects which have an immense bearing on our lives, are an integral part of this book. This book highlights cultural differences in terms of Quality of Life. It recognizes the presence of cultural differences resulting from the social status attributed to an individual's age, gender, class, race, and ethnicity. It can be used as a guide in the field of global well-being and for future research. It presents clues to complex problems and empirical materials and attempts to bring out a more comprehensive picture of global and contemporary Quality of Life and Well-Being. The book can also fill a gap in teaching and research. Those that will find this book useful will be researchers, academicians, practitioners and students of management, behavioral science, human factors, psychology, health economics, sociology, public health and politics"--

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