Advancing Positive Organizational Behaviour

by Cary L. Cooper (Editor), Subhendu Patnaik (Editor), Raul V. Rodriguez (Editor)

Overview

This comprehensive book provides an overview on the present status of positive organizational behaviour, offering insights on the growing body of research and scholarship, as well as suggestions for future directions in the field. Recent times have seen phenomenal and unprecedented changes in work settings, with many transitioning to hybrid or fully remote arrangements. In addition, unwarranted and unscrupulous application of technology, detrimental ramifications of work stress, and impaired well-being at work are posited to create an unsustainable work environment.

Bringing together leading experts from around the world, this collection synthesizes and captures the advancements within the discipline of positive organizational behaviour. It covers such topics as: psychological capital, work engagement interventions, self-efficacy, emotions and positive work behaviour, free will, resilience, work wellbeing, evolutionary psychology and positive workplace, cross-cultural positive organizational behaviour, common-good HRM practices, and methodological advances and challenges in positivity assessments.

The book offers a valuable resource for students and scholars of work/organizational psychology, organizational behaviour and applications of positive psychology. It is also a useful reference for organizations looking to understand and implement positive organizational policies in their workplaces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032612416
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2025
Series:	Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Sir Cary L. Cooper, CBE is the 50th Anniversary Professor of organizational psychology and health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.

Subhendu Patnaik is an Assistant Professor of organizational behaviour and human resource management at the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India. He previously held the Sir Cary Cooper Professorship of organizational psychology and was the Chair at the Centre for Management Research (CMR), School of Business, Woxsen University, India.

Raul Villamarin Rodriguez is the Vice President at Woxsen University, India and holds the Steven Pinker Professor of cognitive psychology and Classavo Chair Professorship in integrative research and digital learning.

Table of Contents

About the Editors

About the Contributors

 

1.     Editors Introduction: Advances in Positive Organizational Behaviour

 

Cary L. Cooper, Subhendu Patnaik and Raul V. Rodriguez

 

2.     Positive Organizational Behavior and Psychological Capital (PsyCap):  An Evidence-Based   Twenty-Year Journey

 

Fred Luthans and Julie Dyrdek Broad

 

3.     Positive Organizational Scholarship An Introduction

 

Kim Cameron

 

4.     Wind of Change: Promising Work Engagement Interventions

 

Arnold B. Bakker and Tom L. Junker

 

5.     Self-Efficacy

 

James E. Maddux and Thisali Mendis

 

6.     A Five-Level Model of Positive Organizational Behavior and Emotions

 

Neal M. Ashkanasy and Momo D. Kromah

 

7.     Optimizing Free Will within the Group Mind:  A Hierarchical Extension of the Goal Breakthrough Model

 

Kennon M. Sheldon

                       

8.     Resilience in Organizational Settings

 

Thomas W. Britt and Chelsea LeNoble

 

9.     Emerging Work Wellbeing Challenges

 

Paula Brough and Jafar Akbari

 

10.  Evolutionary Psychology for a Positive Workplace

 

Stephen M. Colarelli, Carter Vespi, and Mable E. Clark

 

 

 

11.  Cross-Cultural Positive Organizational Behaviour

 

Sharon Glazer and Catherine T. Kwantes

 

12.  HEAL: Defining A New POB Construct

 

Vishal Gupta and Anmol Basant

 

13.  Game, set and match! Creating An Organizational Growth Mindset and Positive Organizational Behavior Through Common-Good HRM

 

Brian Matthews, Michael Muller-Camen, and  Jennifer Wieland

 

14.  Methodological Developments and Challenges in Positive Trait Assessment

 

Gloria Liou, Andy Jiang and Louis Tay

 

15.  PERMA+4 and Positive Organizational Psychology 2.0: Opportunities for Embracing Methodological and Technological Advances

 

Stewart I. Donaldson and Scott I. Donaldson