RT journal article T1 Happy leadership, now more than ever A1 Ravina Ripoll, Rafael A1 Díaz García, Gustavo Adolfo A1 Ortiz Urbina-Criado, Marta A2 Organización de Empresas K1 leadership K1 happiness K1 happiness at work K1 human resources K1 happy employees AB The Covid-19 crisis demonstrated the need for new leadership stylessuited to times of economic uncertainty. Today, leadership in organisations isless humanistic and inspirational and more authoritarian. More managementmodels should be promoted based on ethics, corporate happiness and socialresponsibility. This research reflects on the type of leadership suited to the newera. It explores the concept of happy leadership and analyses its characteristics.This construct combines the rational and emotional minds of those who lead.It seeks to exercise actions that help reduce stress, frustration, and fear,improving wellbeing to optimise work performance. Thinking, feeling anddoing from a happiness management approach supports people’s vision from anorganisational and emotional perspective by developing aspects such ascreativity, flexibility and sustainability. Happy leadership promotes newmodels of integral management through changes in corporate culture, helpingto reconcile productive efficiency with business ethics, entrepreneurship,organisational justice and happiness at work. PB Inderscience SN 2049-2790 YR 2024 FD 2024-04-14 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31757 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31757 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 10-nov-2026