Positive Organizational Behaviour : A Reflective Approach.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Author biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Two important notes before we start -- PART I: Prologue -- Introduction -- The roadmap for the book -- Intentions and a credo -- Is studying evil a positive endeavour? -- A reading grid -- Notes -- References -- 1. Positive organizations: the foundations -- Summary and objectives -- Organizing 'for good' -- Positive organizational studies the principles -- What does positive mean? -- The positive-negative duality -- POB key historical contributions -- The assumptions of POB -- POB is positive - but is it realistic? -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Positivity and the self -- 2. Leveraging on individual strengths -- Summary and objectives -- Affirmative dynamics -- Character strengths -- Core self-evaluations -- Grit -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 3. Psychological capital: the 'HERO' effect -- Summary and objectives -- A 'core confidence' strength -- Consequences of PsyCap -- Developing PsyCap -- Reinforcers and neutralizers of PsyCap -- Do psychologically strong individuals make psychologically strong teams? -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 4. Emotions and happiness at work -- The assent of emotion in organizations -- Affect, moods and emotions -- Classifying emotions the circumplex model -- The broaden-and-build theory -- Is happiness more than experiencing positive emotions? -- Consequences of (un)happiness at work -- Antecedents of employees' happiness -- Leadership and affect -- Emotions at the collective level -- Emotional intelligence -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 5. Designing work for meaning, learning and health -- Summary and objectives -- Work torture or meaning? -- The changing nature of work and workers -- The (timeless) search for decent work.

What is my work a job? A career? A calling? -- Managing through work design from the top down to bottom up -- Stimulating learning through work design -- Designing work to preserve health and wellbeing -- The trade-offs of work design -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Positivity in collectives -- 6. Generative interactions in organizations -- Summary and objectives -- Organizations as relational productions -- Organizations as relational phenomena -- Characterizing high-quality connections -- Creating high-quality connections -- Why interactions matter -- Why does relational competence matter? -- Expressions of relationality -- Relating through communication -- Relating through virtue -- Further organizational considerations -- Outbound connections as asource of external social capital -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 7. Real teams: supporting learning and change -- Summary and objectives -- Teams are everywhere -- Teams and teamwork -- Taskwork and teamwork critical dimensions of team effectiveness -- What is team effectiveness? -- Team creativity as an indicator of team effectiveness -- Teaming the fluidity of new teams -- Teaming virtual teams -- Psychological safety -- Team learning = team psychological safety multiplied by accountability -- Should teams fear speaking up? -- Building and destroying collective intelligence -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- PART IV: Building contexts -- 8. Positive leadership: humble, ethical, authentic and servant -- Summary and objectives -- Leaders shaping the positive -- Humility in leaders -- Ethical leadership -- Authentic leadership -- Servant leadership -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 9. Great workplaces -- Summary and objectives -- Great places to work -- Are the great so great? -- Authentizotic organizations -- Building workplaces from employees' DREAMS.

Organizational cultures of abundance -- Perspectives on culture integration, fragmentation, differentiation -- Expanding mental maps to manifest positive organizational cultures of abundance -- In search of wellbeing at work -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 10. Powering positivity -- Summary and objectives -- Power hard and soft -- Power, organizations and positivity -- Power over domination and authority -- Power to the power of empowerment -- Power with the power of collaboration -- Power within the power of the self -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 11. The positive organization of progress -- Summary and objectives -- Towards socio-economic wellbeing -- The ethical approach a philosophical overview -- The empirical approach evidence of social impacts of organizational activity -- The prudential policy judgement supporting greater social wellbeing -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- Epilogue -- 12. The positive-negative dialectic -- Summary and objectives -- In dreams -- POS's possibilities -- Some habitual criticism of positive approaches -- Positive and negative how do they relate? -- Exploring negative themes in positive approaches -- Exploring positive themes in negative approaches -- If the positive is so good, why is it so rare? -- Making positive more abundant -- Implications for managing positively -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Positive Organizational Behaviour: A Reflective Approach introduces the most recent theoretical and empirical insights on positive organizational practices, addressing emerging topics such as resilience, job crafting, responsible leadership and mindfulness.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.