Positive Organizational Behavior

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND FRAMEWORKS......Page 14
1. Positive Organizational Behavior: An Inclusive View......Page 16
2. Psychological Capital: Investing and Developing Positive Organizational Behavior......Page 22
The background and meaning of PsyCap......Page 23
Managing PsyCap self-efficacy/confidence......Page 26
Managing PsyCap hope......Page 27
Managing PsyCap optimism......Page 28
Managing PsyCap resiliency......Page 29
Measurement and development of PsyCap......Page 30
Implications and conclusions......Page 31
References......Page 32
Note......Page 36
Appendix B. Psychological Capital Intervention (PCI)......Page 37
3. Healthy, Productive Work: Positive Strength through Communication Competence and Interpersonal Interdependence......Page 38
Attributes of healthy, productive work......Page 39
Healthy individuals......Page 40
Healthy organizations......Page 41
Models of occupational health......Page 42
The risk management model......Page 43
Preventive health management model......Page 44
Communicative disease......Page 45
Communication competence in high-performance teams......Page 46
Interpersonal interdependence and autonomy at work......Page 48
Conclusion and implications......Page 49
References......Page 50
4. Eustress at Work: Extending the Holistic Stress Model......Page 53
Stress and distress: basics and foundations......Page 55
Eustress: the positive response to stress......Page 56
Support for the Holistic Stress Model......Page 59
Positive emotions and behaviors as indicators of eustress......Page 60
Generating and savoring eustress......Page 61
Expectation alignment......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 63
References......Page 64
PART TWO: POSITIVE STATES, TRAITS AND PROCESSES......Page 68
5. Positive Emotion in Organizations: A Multi-level Framework......Page 70
Antecedents of positive emotions in organizations......Page 71
Neuropsychological correlates of positive emotion......Page 72
Content effects......Page 73
Moderators of affect-congruence......Page 74
Emotional intelligence......Page 75
Level 3: Positive emotion at the interpersonal (dyadic) level of analysis......Page 76
Level 4: Positive emotion at the group level of analysis......Page 77
Emotional contagion......Page 78
Level 5: Positive emotion at the organizational level of analysis......Page 79
Acknowledgment......Page 81
References......Page 82
Thriving at work......Page 87
What is thriving?......Page 88
Performance......Page 90
Spillover to home life......Page 91
What contributes to thriving at work? Some antecedents......Page 92
Thriving organizations......Page 93
What is collective thriving?......Page 94
Why does collective thriving matter?......Page 95
Acknowledgment......Page 96
References......Page 97
7. Explaining Vigor: On the Antecedents and Consequences of Vigor as a Positive Affect at Work......Page 99
Vigor as a positive affective state......Page 100
Mood states and vigor......Page 101
A theoretical model of vigor......Page 103
Predictors of vigor: personality factors......Page 104
Work-related predictors of vigor......Page 105
Physical and mental health......Page 106
Directions for future research......Page 107
References......Page 109
Transformational leadership and ethics......Page 114
Authentic leadership and ethics......Page 117
Ethical leadership......Page 118
Influence processes underlying ethical leadership......Page 123
Discussion......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 126
References......Page 127
Organizational redesign and restructuring......Page 130
The focus on positive aspects of work contexts and behavior......Page 131
The dimensionality of political skill......Page 132
Political skill and job performance......Page 133
Leader political skill......Page 134
Political skill, reputation, and career success......Page 135
Political skill as antidote to stress......Page 136
References......Page 138
10. Forgiveness in Organizations......Page 142
An inattention to organizational forgiveness......Page 143
A definition of forgiveness in organizations......Page 145
Forgiveness and performance......Page 147
Forgiveness and leadership......Page 150
References......Page 152
11. Self-Engagement at Work......Page 156
Different conceptualizations of job engagement......Page 157
Integrating the theoretical perspectives on job engagement......Page 159
Job-related attributes......Page 161
Leadership and relationships with co-workers......Page 163
Consequences of job engagement......Page 164
Job engagement and the stressor–strain relationship......Page 165
Job engagement and performance......Page 167
Future directions......Page 168
Concluding thoughts......Page 169
References......Page 170
12. The Benefits and Possible Costs of Positive Core Self-Evaluations: A Review and Agenda for Future Research......Page 172
Lack of discriminant validity of core traits......Page 173
Measurement of core self-evaluations......Page 174
Happy feelings: Core self-evaluations and subjective well-being......Page 175
But does it matter to the bottom line?......Page 177
The costly pursuit of a positive self-concept......Page 179
Can one be too positive?......Page 180
Is positive self-concept associated with violence and antisocial behavior?......Page 181
Stability of core self-evaluations......Page 182
Interpersonal relationships......Page 183
References......Page 184
PART THREE: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN POB RESEARCH......Page 188
13. A Look at Two Methodological Challenges for Scholars Interested in Positive Organizational Behavior......Page 190
POB and POS defined......Page 191
The role of time in positive organizational research......Page 192
PWB measurement stability over time......Page 193
PWB example summary......Page 195
The role of cardiovascular health in positive organizational research......Page 196
Concluding thoughts......Page 199
References......Page 200
14. Positive Psychological Capital: Has Positivity Clouded Measurement Rigor?......Page 204
Research rationale......Page 205
Measures......Page 207
Measurement model......Page 208
Summary......Page 210
Measurement model......Page 214
Structural model......Page 217
Discussion......Page 219
References......Page 221
Index......Page 224