Engelsk titel: Spinal cord injury and the joy of work
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Författare:
Clifton, Shane
Email: Shane.Clifton@ac.edu.au
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 28
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14103743
Sammanfattning
Work, which plays such a prominent part in the narrative of human life, is central to a person's
happiness (or unhappiness). Because this is so, the fact that spinal cord injury (SCI) tends to take a
person out of the workforce (sometimes permanently) is recognized as a central part of post-injury
loss. This paper draws on the insights of the virtue tradition and the discipline of positive
psychology, to explore the notion of happiness (well-being) and its relationship to the vocations of
people with SCI. In particular, it describes the virtues that can contribute to a person's capacity to
obtain and sustain employment. This includes virtues relating to dependency and independency, as
well as the role of hope, optimism and the like. It concludes with a brief discussion of the contribution
that people with SCI can make to the culture of the workplace.