Advancing Positive Organizational Behaviour

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.

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.

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