Table 1.

Characteristics of the studies analysed

Article codeResearch titleAuthor(s) and yearCountrySource titleKeywordsDOI
1Happiness management and workplace well-being: evolution, key insights, and future directions. A systematic reviewSalazar-Altamirano et al. (2025a, 2025b, 2025c, 2025d)MéxicoMethaodos-revista de ciencias socialesHappiness management, workplace well-being, job satisfaction, digital transformation, organisational psychologyto cited article10.17502/mrcs.v13i1.848
2Emotional wage, happiness at work and organisational justice as triggers for happiness managementRavina-Ripoll et al. (2024a, 2024b)Costa RicaJournal of Management DevelopmentEmotional wage, happiness at work, organisational justice, human capitalto cited article10.1108/JMD-02-2023-0046
3Positive mental health and happiness at work in a sample of Portuguese workers: a Web-based cross-sectional studyValentim et al. (2025) PortugalAdministrative SciencesWorkplace happiness, productivity, positive mental health, job, health promotionto cited article10.3390/admsci15020044
4Happiness at work in small- and medium-sized enterprises: an analysis of innovation and creativityMartínez-Arvizu et al. (2025a, 2025b, 2025c)MéxicoBMC PsychologyDigital innovation, innovation culture, creativity, happiness at work, organisational well-being, structural equation modelling, employee engagement, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)to cited article10.1186/s40359-025-02980-x
5The multidimensional outcomes of happiness at work when there is no explicit strategy: the views of B2C employeesBarbosa et al. (2023) PortugalInternational Journal of Business and SocietyProductivity, motivation, performance, satisfaction, loyalty, profitability, business success.to cited article10.33736/ijbs.5614.2023
6Happiness at work and psychological trauma in nursesFeitor and Borges (2022) PortugalREV ReneNursing, happiness, psychological trauma, occupational healthto cited article10.15253/2175-6783.20222371953
7Subjective well-being and its correlation with happiness at work and quality of work life: an organisational visionMendoza-Ocasal et al. (2022) ColombiaPolish Journal of Management StudiesWorkplace happiness, happiness at work, organisationto cited article10.17512/pjms.2022.26.1.13
8The happy level: a new approach to measure happiness at work using mixed methodsSender et al. (2021) BrasilInternational Journal of Qualitative MethodsHappiness at work, job satisfaction, narrative analysis, sentiment analysis, measurementto cited article10.1177/16094069211002413
9A bibliometric study on work happinessSánchez and Veliz (2024) BrasilRevista gestion de las personas y tecnologiaHappiness, happiness at work, job happinessto cited article10.35588/yh4dkd02
10Neuroleadership: a new way for happiness managementRuiz-Rodríguez et al. (2023) EspañaHumanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsN/Ato cited article10.1057/s41599-023-01642-w
11Happiness management and turnover intention: sectoral differences in stress mediation effectsMartínez-Arvizu et al. (2025a, 2025b, 2025c)MéxicoRevista de estudios empresariales-segunda epocaHappiness management, work-related stress, turnover intention, JD-R theory, multigroup analysisto cited article10.17561/ree.n2.2025.9542
12Happiness management: a culture to explore from brand orientation as a sign of responsible and sustainable productionRavina-Ripoll et al. (2021) EspañaFrontiers in PsychologyHappiness management, brand orientation, responsible, sustainable production, SEM, values, norms, behavioursto cited article10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727845
13Bibliometric analysis, evolution and trends of happiness management in scientific literatureRando-Cueto et al. (2023) EspañaANDULIHappiness management, bibliometric analysis, Spain, organisational well-being, VOS viewer, COVID-19to cited article10.12795/anduli.2023.i23.10
14The trinomial commitment, satisfaction and organisational justice in the binomial happiness and turnover intentionGalvan-Vela et al. (2024) MéxicoRetos-revista de ciencias de la administracion y economiaJob happiness, turnover intention, organisational justice, job satisfaction, affective engagementto cited article10.17163/ret.n28.2024.01
15Employee satisfaction and retention: social marketing and happinessGaliano-Coronil and Blanco-Moreno (2024) EcuadorRetos-revista de ciencias de la administracion y economiaGlassdoor, semantic network analysis, social marketing, satisfaction, retention, happiness management, work environment, social marketingto cited article10.17163/ret.n28.2024.04

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