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Summary
Summary
Part of the Oxford Library of Psychology, the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work examines what positive psychology offers to our understanding of key issues in working life today. Drawing on the disparate literatures from positive psychology, management, I/O psychology, and human resources, the volume begins with a consideration of the changing world of work that sets the context for the rest of the book and then moves into a specific consideration of work issues from the perspective of positive psychology. Chapters focus on such topics as strengths, leadership, human resource management, employee engagement, communications, well-being, and work-life balance. The volume will be a core resource for both researchers and practitioners interested in the application of positive psychology to work.
Author Notes
Alex Linley is the Founding Director of the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (www.cappeu.org), as well as a Visiting Professor in Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK. He has written, co-written, or edited more than 100 research papers and book chapters and four books, including Positive Psychology in Practice (Wiley, 2004) and Average to A+: Realising Strengths in Yourself and Others (CAPP Press, 2008). He is an Associate Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Positive Psychology and the Journal of Positive Psychology, as well as Co-Editor of the International Coaching Psychology Review, and a regular reviewer for a number of journals, publishers, and grant-awarding bodies. Through his consulting work, he applies the principles of positive psychology and strengths to organization and people development.Susan Harrington is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a Teaching Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK. Her occupational practice has included developing and running assessment and development centers and performance appraisal systems, psychometric training and application in organizations, and workplace bullying interventions. Her work has been published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the International Coaching Psychology Review, and Personality and Individual Differences. Nicky Page is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Consulting Director at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP, www.cappeu.org). Nicky's areas of research and consulting expertise span recruitment, development, and performance management. She has designed and delivered consulting assignments for a range of private and public sector clients in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Argentina, Venezuela, the United States, and Canada. In recent years she has led a team of psychologists at CAPP to deliver pioneering organizational projects that integrate positive psychology and best practice occupational psychology. Nicky's work has been published in a variety of journals including HR Director, PersonalFuhrung, and Selection and Development Review. She has also edited a special issue of Organisations and People on "Applying Positive Psychology in Organisations" and is a regular speaker at HR and occupational psychology events.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Part of the "Oxford Library of Psychology" series, this book examines what positive psychology offers to understanding key issues in contemporary working life. Observing that work environments are increasingly becoming a primary setting where people spend time and obtain personal identity, the contributors synthesize the ways that people find meaning and purpose in work settings. The volume begins by integrating theory and research of positive psychology, human resources, and industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology with topics such as commitment, social responsibility, identity, and relationship maintenance--making the case for the interdependent nature of these domains. The book considers information obtained from positive-psychology research laboratories around the world, describing how this data can be used to improve organizational performance through enhanced individual performance, engagement, well-being, and fulfillment. Topics such as authentic leadership, positive work environments, employee engagement, work-life balance, and strength development in the workplace are explored, and a number of models for positive organizations are presented. This volume is likely to become a primary resource for anyone--including CEOs, HR directors, consultants, and coaches--interested in the application of positive psychology to work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. R. B. Stewart Jr. Oakland University
Table of Contents
1 Finding the Positive in the World of WorkAlex Linley and Susan Harrington and Nicky Page |
Part 1 Positive Psychology and the Changing World of Work |
2 The Changing World of WorkWayne F. Cascio |
3 Generation Me and the Changing World of WorkJean M. Twenge and Stacy M. Campbell |
Part 2 Positive Organizational Leadership |
4 What is Authentic Leadership Development?Bruce J. Avolio and Jakari Griffith and Tara S. Wernsing and Fred O. Walumbwa |
5 Enablers of a Positive Strategy: Positively Deviant LeadershipLynn Perry Wooten and Kim S. Cameron |
6 Change and Its Leadership: The Role of Positive EmotionsMalcolm Higgs |
7 Working Positively Toward Transformative CooperationLeslie E. Sekerka and Barbara L. Fredrickson |
8 Strengths: Your Leading EdgeDanny Morris and Jill Garrett |
9 Towards a Positive Psychology for LeadersRobert E. Kaplan and Robert B. Kaiser |
Part 3 Positive Work Environments for Individuals and Organizations |
10 Employee Engagement and the Psychology of Joining, Staying In, and Leaving OrganizationsJames K. Harter and Nikki Blacksmith |
11 Work as Meaning: Individual and Organizational Benefits of Engaging in Meaningful WorkMichael F. Steger and Bryan J. Dik |
12 More than Meets the Eye: The Role of Employee Well-Being in Organizational ResearchThomas A. Wright |
13 Positive Engagement: From Employee Engagement to Workplace Happiness?Martin Stairs and Martin Galpin |
Part 4 Enabling a Positive Working Life |
14 Using Coaching and Positive Psychology to Promote a Flourishing Workforce: A Model of Goal-Striving and Mental HealthAnthony M. Grant and Gordon B. Spence |
15 Mindfulness at Work: Paying Attention to Enhance Well-being and PerformanceOberdan Marianetti and Jonathan Passmore |
16 Work-Life Balance: The Roles of Work-Family Conflict and Work-Family FacilitationBoris B. Baltes and Malissa A. Clark and Madhura Chakrabarti |
17 Strengths Development in the WorkplaceTimothy D. Hodges and Jim Asplund |
18 Strengths of Character and WorkChristopher Peterson and John Paul Stephens and Nansook Park and Fiona Lee and Martin E. P. Seligman |
Part 5 Models for Positive Organization |
19 Dream Teams: A Positive Psychology of Team WorkingJoanne Richardson and Michael A. West |
20 Positive Organizational Scholarship Leaps into the World of WorkDon Mroz and Shawn Quinn |
21 Look Before You Leap or Dive Right In? The Use of Moral Courage in Response to Workplace BullyingSusan Harrington and Charlotte Rayner |
22 An Integrated Model of Psychological Capital in the WorkplaceCarolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans |
23 Building the Positive Workplace: A Preliminary Report from the FieldJocelyn S. Davis |
Part 6 Looking to the Future: Challenges and Opportunities |
24 Good for What? The Young Worker in a Global AgeLynn Barendsen and Howard Gardner |
25 What's Wrong with Being Positive?Samantha Warren |
26 Building Positive OrganizationsNicky Page and Susan Harrington and P. Alex Linley |
Index |