What drives the subjective feeling of well-being in old age?

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Empirical analysis and comparison of different measures to improve subjective well-being
– Life satisfaction
– Look back on life with happiness
– Meaningful life

Development of testable hypotheses for evaluation of experience and circumstances at different measures of subjective well-being (SWB)

Influence of present circumstances vs. past events

Data basis:
SHARE: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, http://www.share-project.org/data-access.html
(data can be either be accessed individually or delivered for this assignment only)

Introductory literature (attached):
Clark, A. (2015). Is Happiness the Best Measure of Well-Being? Mimeo: Paris School of Economics.
Baumeister, R.F., K.D. Vohs, J.L. Aaker and E.N. Garbinsky (2013). Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(6): 505–16.

Topic belongs to:
new/modern political economy, public choice, public economics, economic behavior model

Important:
– Autor should best know how to use Excel, R (www.r-project.org) or, less welcome, Strata
– Thesis should consist of 20 pages, max. 8’000 words (appendix and references excluded)
– On Tuesday, October 6th, I need a disposition on 2-3 powerpoint slides or on a word document for a 5 minute presentation. It should include:
o Description and limitation of the problem
o Structured presentation of the ideas (“in th

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Each individual in a project has a unique personality trait which can describe how an individual is going to handle and manage conflict. According to the big five personality trait theory, there are five personality traits (Ayub, AlQurashi, Al-Yafi & Jehn, 2017)
Agreeableness: Agreeable people are kind and co-operative. Individuals with low agreeableness tend to be suspicious and rude which are the causes of conflicts. High aggregable people can regulate conflict as they are capable of handling a negative situation.
Extraversion: Extroverts are sociable, active and self-confident. However, these individuals are not as likable as agreeable individuals, as they are likely to dominate a situation. But these people can manage conflict effectively as they are always ready to confront a conflict instead of avoiding the conflict.
Emotional Stability: Individuals with high emotional stability can handle stress. These people can manage conflict effectively.
Conscientiousness: Conscientious people are hardworking and systematic. These people get easily upset about task-related conflicts.
Openness: open-minded people are willing to express and share their opinions with others which can cause task-related conflicts as the others might not be willing to accept his ideas. But open-minded people are ready to discuss the differences which can reduce relationship conflicts.

Ways to avoid Conflict

Gather all the individuals: It is very important to bring all the team members together and discuss regarding the issues creating conflicts. Sometimes simply arising the issues will help individuals understand and resolve them.

Listen: Coordinator and mediators must pay attention and listen carefully to the concerns of all individuals.

Acknowledge: It is important to communicate the understanding of the situation. Ask everyone if she/he understands the conflict correctly.

Validate feelings: After acknowledging the issues it is very important to underst

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