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Professor Llewellyn van Zyl

Professor Llewellyn van Zyl has a Doctorate (Ph.D), a Master of Commerce, Honours and a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Psychology and Statistics from the North-West University. He holds an Extraordinary Professorship of Positive Psychology with the Optentia Research Programme at North-West University and an Assistant Professorship with the Human Performance Management Group at Eindhoven University of Technology. Professionally, he is an established academic researcher, having published various scientific articles and specialist books on positive psychological approaches to wellbeing assessments and interventions. He also serves as the co-editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Positive Psychology.

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The disconnects between objective metrics and happiness

There is an unexpected divergence between objective wellbeing metrics and self-reported happiness. But why might this be the case? And are policymakers missing the mark? While exploring a model of individual and employee wellbeing that combines both objective and subjective indicators, I stumbled…

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Positive psychology: The critiques and criticisms

Positive psychology has emerged as a rapidly growing sub-discipline of psychology that explicitly focuses on promoting wellbeing, happiness, and optimal functioning of individuals, communities, and institutions. But it has been criticized for its relevance, impact and credibility as a scientific…