Positive organizational psychology, behavior, and scholarship: A review of the emerging literature and evidence base

References

• Armstrong-Stassen , M and Schlosser , F . 2008 . Taking a positive approach to organizational downsizing . Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences , 25 : 93 – 106 .
   Google Scholar
• Avey , JB , Luthans , F and Jensen , SM . 2009 . Psychological capital: A positive resource for combating employee stress and turnover . Human Resource Management , 48 : 677 – 693 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Avey , JB , Patera , JL and West , BJ . 2006 . The implications of positive psychological capital on employee absenteeism . Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies , 13 : 42 – 60 .
   Google Scholar
• Avey , JB , Wernsing , TS and Luthans , F . 2008 . Can positive employees help positive organizational change? Impact of psychological capital and emotions on relevant attitudes and behaviors . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 44 : 48 – 70 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Avolio , BJ , Gardner , WL , Walumbwa , FO , Luthans , F and May , DR . 2004 . Unlocking the mask: A look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors . Leadership Quarterly , 15 : 801 – 823 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bakker , AB . (2004). Development and validation of the work-related flow inventory (WOLF) (submitted)
   Google Scholar
• Bakker , AB and Schaufeli , WB . 2008 . Positive organizational behavior: Engaged employees in flourishing organizations . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 29 : 147 – 154 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bernstein , SD . 2003 . Positive organizational scholarship: Meet the movement: An interview with Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, and Robert Quinn . Journal of Management Inquiry , 12 : 266 – 271 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boyd , NM and Bright , DS . 2007 . Appreciative inquiry as a mode of action research for community psychology . Journal of Community Psychology , 35 : 1019 – 1036 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brickson , SL . 2008 . Re-assessing the standard: The expansive positive potential of a relational identity in diverse organizations . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 3 : 40 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• Brockner , J and James , EH . 2008 . Toward an understanding of when executives see crisis as opportunity . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 44 : 94 – 115 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burgdorf , J . 2001 . The neurobiology of positive emotions . Paper presented at the Positive Psychology Summer Institute . August 2001 , Sea Ranch, CA.
   Google Scholar
• Cameron , K . 2003 . “ Organizational virtuousness and performance ” . In Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline , Edited by: Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 48 – 65 . San Francisco, CA : Berret-Koehler .
   Google Scholar
• Cameron , KS . 2005 . “ Organizational effectiveness: Its demise and re-emergence through positive organisational scholarship ” . In Great minds in management: The process of theory development , Edited by: Smith , KG and Hitt , MA . 304 – 330 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Cameron , KS . 2006 . Good or not bad: Standards and ethics in managing change . Academy of Management Learning and Education , 5 : 317 – 323 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cameron , KS , Bright , D and Caza , A . 2004 . Exploring the relationships between organizational virtuousness and performance . American Behavioral Scientist , 47 : 766 – 790 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cameron , KS and Caza , A . 2004 . Introduction: Contribution to the discipline of positive organizational scholarship . American Behavioral Scientist , 47 : 731 – 739 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 2003 . “ Foundations of positive organizational scholarship ” . In Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline , Edited by: Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 3 – 13 . San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler .
   Google Scholar
• Carlsen , A . 2008 . Positive dramas: Enacting self-adventures in organizations . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 3 : 55 – 75 .
   Google Scholar
• Caza , A , Barker , BA and Cameron , KS . 2004 . Ethics and ethos: The buffering and amplifying effects of ethical behavior and virtuousness . Journal of Business Ethics , 52 : 169 – 178 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (n.d.). The essence of positive organizational scholarship: Unlocking the generative capabilities in human communities. Retrieved March 29, 2008, from Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship Web site: http://www.bus.umich.edu/Positive/Center-for-POS/What-is-POS.htm
   Google Scholar
• Clonan , SM , Chafouleas , SM , McDougal , JL and Riley-Tillman , TC . 2004 . Positive psychology goes to school: Are we there yet? . Psychology in the Schools , 41 : 101 – 110 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Demerouti , E . 2006 . Job characteristics, flow, and performance: The moderating role of conscientiousness . Journal of Occupational Health Psychology , 11 : 266 – 280 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Donaldson , SI . (in press, a). What works, if anything, in applied positive psychology. In S.I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, schools, work, health, and society
   Google Scholar
• Donaldson , SI . (in press, b). Determining what works in the emerging positive social and human sciences. In S.I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, schools, work, health, and society
   Google Scholar
• Donaldson , SI , Csikszentmihalyi , M and Nakamura , J (Eds.) . (in press). Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life, schools, work, health, and society
   Google Scholar
• Dutton , JE . 2003 . Breathing life into organizational studies . Journal of Management Inquiry , 12 : 5 – 19 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dutton , JE , Worline , MC , Frost , PJ and Lilius , J . 2006 . Explaining compassion organizing . Administrative Science Quarterly , 51 : 59 – 96 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fortes-Ferreira , L , Peiró , JM , González-Morales , MG and Martín , I . 2006 . Work-related stress and well-being: The roles of direct action coping and palliative coping . Scandinavian Journal of Psychology , 47 : 293 – 302 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frey , BS and Stutzer , A . 2002 . Happiness and economics: How the economy and institutions affect human well-being , Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Fullagar , CJ and Kelloway , EK . 2009 . ‘Flow’ at work: An experience sampling approach . Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , 82 : 595 – 615 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gardner , WL and Schermerhorn , Jr JR . 2004 . Unleashing individual potential performance gains through positive organizational behavior and authentic leadership . Organizational Dynamics , 33 : 270 – 281 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghoshal , S . 2005 . Bad management theories are destroying good management practices . Academy of Management Learning and Education , 4 : 75 – 91 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gilman , R , Furlong , M and Huebner , ES . 2009 . Handbook of positive psychology in schools , New York : Taylor & Francis .
   Google Scholar
• Gittell , JH , Cameron , KS , Lim , S and Rivas , V . 2006 . Relationships, layoffs, and organizational resilience . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences , 42 : 300 – 329 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Glynn , MA and Dowd , TJ . 2008 . Charisma (un)bound: Emotive leadership in Martha Stewart living magazine, 1990–2004 . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 44 : 71 – 93 .
   Google Scholar
• González-Morales , MG , Peiró , JM , Rodriguez , I and Greenglass , ER . 2006 . Coping and distress in organizations: The role of gender in work stress . International Journal of Stress Management , 13 : 228 – 248 .
   Google Scholar
• Gooty , J , Gavin , M , Johnson , PD , Frazier , ML and Snow , DB . 2009 . In the eyes of the beholder: Transformational leadership, positive psychological capital, and performance . Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies , 15 : 353 – 367 .
   Google Scholar
• Grant , AM and Campbell , EM . 2007 . Doing good, doing harm, being well and burning out: The interactions of perceived prosocial and antisocial impact in service work . Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , 80 : 665 – 691 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grant , AM and Cavanagh , MJ . 2007 . Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? . Australian Psychologist , 42 : 239 – 254 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grant , AM , Curtayne , L and Burton , G . 2009 . Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: A randomised controlled study . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 4 : 396 – 407 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grawitch , MJ , Munz , DC and Kramer , TJ . 2003 . Effects of member mood states on creative performance in temporary workgroups . Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice , 7 : 41 – 54 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Greiner , LE and Cummings , TG . 2004 . Wanted: OD more alive than dead! . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences , 40 : 374 – 391 .
   Google Scholar
• Haar , D and Hosking , DM . 2004 . Evaluating appreciative inquiry: A relational constructionist perspective . Human Relations , 57 : 1017 – 1036 .
   Google Scholar
• Hackman , JR . 2009 . The perils of positivity . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 30 : 309 – 319 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hakanen , J . 2002 . Työn imu ja työuupumus: Laajennetun työhyvinvointimallin kehittäminen ja testaaminen [Job engagement and burnout] . Psykologia , 37 : 291 – 301 .
   Google Scholar
• Halbesleben , JRB , Harvey , J and Bolino , MC . 2009 . Too engaged? A conservation of resources view of the relationship between work engagement and work interference with family . Journal of Applied Psychology , 94 : 1452 – 1465 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harter , JK , Schmidt , FL and Hayes , TL . 2002 . Business-unit-level relationship between employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: A meta-analysis . Journal of Applied Psychology , 87 : 268 – 279 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Houston , S . 2006 . “ Making use of positive psychology in residential child care ” . In The child's journey thorough care: Placement stability, care planning, and achieving permanency , Edited by: Iwaniec , D . 183 – 200 . Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons .
   Google Scholar
• Huang , PH and Blumenthal , JA . 2009 . “ Positive institutions, law, and policy ” . In Oxford handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SJ . 589 – 598 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Huebner , ES , Gilman , R , Reschly , AL and Hall , R . 2009 . “ Positive schools ” . In Oxford handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SJ . 561 – 568 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Huo , YJ , Molina , LE , Sawahata , R and Deang , JM . 2005 . Leadership and the management of conflicts in diverse groups: Why acknowledging versus neglecting subgroup identity matters . European Journal of Social Psychology , 35 : 237 – 254 .
   Google Scholar
• Jackson , LTB , Rothmann , S and Van de Vijver , FJR . 2006 . A model of work-related well-being for educators in South Africa . Stress and Health , 22 : 263 – 274 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jain , AK and Sinha , AK . 2005 . General health in organizations: Relative relevance of emotional intelligence, trust, and organizational support . International Journal of Stress Management , 12 : 257 – 273 .
   Google Scholar
• Juntunen , CL and Wettersten , KB . 2006 . Work hope: Development and initial validation of a measure . Journal of Counseling Psychology , 53 : 94 – 106 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kanov , JM , Maitlis , S , Worline , MC , Dutton , JE , Peter , JF and Liltus , JM . 2004 . Compassion in organizational life . American Behavioral Scientist , 47 : 808 – 827 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Korunka , C , Kubicek , B , Schaufeli , WB and Hoonakker , P . 2009 . Work engagement and burnout: Testing the robustness of the Job Demands-Resources model . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 4 : 243 – 255 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larson , M and Luthans , F . 2006 . Potential added value of psychological capital in predicting work attitudes . Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies , 13 : 75 – 92 .
   Google Scholar
• Liesveld , R and Miller , J . 2005 . Teach your strengths: How great teachers inspire their students , Omaha, NE : Gallup Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lilius , JM , Worline , MC , Maitlis , S , Kanov , J , Dutton , JE and Frost , P . 2008 . The contours and consequences of compassion at work . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 29 : 193 – 218 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linley , A and Joseph , S . 2004 . Positive psychology in practice , Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons .
   Google Scholar
• Linley , PA , Woolston , L and Biswas-Diener , R . 2009 . Strengths coaching with leaders . International Coaching Psychology Review , 4 : 37 – 48 .
   Google Scholar
• Luthans , F . 2002a . Positive organizational behavior: Developing and managing psychological strengths . Academy of Management Executive , 16 : 57 – 72 .
   Google Scholar
• Luthans , F . 2002b . The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 23 ( 6 ) : 695 – 706 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F , Avey , JB , Avolio , BJ , Norman , SM and Combs , GM . 2006 . Positive psychological capital: Toward a micro-intervention . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 27 : 387 – 393 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F , Avey , JB and Patera , JL . 2008 . Experimental analysis of a web-based training intervention to develop positive psychological capital . Academy of Management Learning and Education , 7 : 209 – 221 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Avolio , BJ . 2003 . “ Authentic leadership: A positive developmental approach ” . In Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline , Edited by: Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 241 – 261 . San Francisco, CA : Barrett-Koehler .
   Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Avolio , BJ . 2009a . Inquiry unplugged: building on Hackman's potential perils of POB . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 30 : 323 – 328 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Avolio , BJ . 2009b . The ‘point’ of positive organizational behavior . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 30 : 291 – 307 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Jensen , SM . 2002 . Hope: A new positive strength for human resource development . Human Resource Development Review , 1 : 304 – 322 .
   Google Scholar
• Luthans , F , Norman , SM , Avolio , BJ and Avey , JB . 2008 . The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate – employee performance relationship . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 29 : 219 – 238 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F , Vogelgesang , GR and Lester , PB . 2006 . Developing the psychological capital of resiliency . Human Resource Development Review , 5 : 25 – 44 .
   Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Youssef , CM . 2004 . Human, social, and now positive psychological capital management: Investing in people for competitive advantage . Organizational Dynamics , 33 : 143 – 160 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luthans , F and Youssef , CM . 2007 . Emerging positive organizational behavior . Journal of Management , 33 : 321 – 349 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marks , N , Shah , H and Westall , A . 2004 . The power and potential of well-being indicators: Measuring young people's well-being in Nottingham , London : New Economics Foundation .
   Google Scholar
• Martin , AJ . 2005 . The role of positive psychology in enhancing satisfaction, motivation, and productivity in the workplace . Journal of Organizational Behavior Management , 24 : 113 – 133 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martin , AJ and Jackson , SA . 2008 . Brief approaches to assessing task absorption and enhanced subjective experience: Examining ‘short’ and ‘core’ flow in diverse performance domains . Motivation and Emotion , 32 ( 3 ) : 141 – 157 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• May , DR , Chan , AYL , Hodges , TD and Avolio , BJ . 2003 . Developing the moral component of authentic leadership . Organizational Dynamics , 32 : 247 – 260 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Meyer , B , Enström , MK , Harstveit , M , Bowles , DP and Beevers , CG . 2007 . Happiness and despair on the catwalk: Need satisfaction, well-being, and personality adjustment among fashion models . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 2 : 2 – 17 .
   Google Scholar
• Money , K , Hillenbrand , C and da Camara , N . 2009 . Putting positive psychology to work in organisations . Journal of General Management , 34 : 21 – 36 .
   Google Scholar
• Montgomery , AJ , Peeters , MCW , Schaufeli , WB and Den Quden , M . 2003 . Work-home interference among newspaper managers: Its relationship with burnout and engagement . Anxiety, Stress and Coping , 16 : 195 – 211 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Muse , L , Harris , SG , Giles , WF and Field , HS . 2008 . Work-life benefits and positive organizational behavior: Is there a connection? . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 29 : 171 – 192 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nelson , DL and Cooper , CL . 2005 . Stress and health: A positive direction . Stress and Health , 21 : 73 – 75 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nelson , DL and Cooper , CL . 2007 . “ Positive organizational behavior: An inclusive view ” . In Positive organizational behavior , Edited by: Nelson , DL and Cooper , CL . 3 – 8 . London : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Peterson , C . 2006 . A primer in positive psychology , New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Peterson , SJ and Byron , K . 2008 . Exploring the role of hope in job performance: Results from four studies . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 29 : 785 – 803 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peterson , SJ , Walumbwa , FO , Byron , K and Myrowitz , J . 2009 . CEO positive psychological traits, transformational leadership, and firm performance in high-technology start-up and established firms . Journal of Management , 35 : 348 – 368 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Post , SG . 2005 . Altruism, happiness, and health: It's good to be good . International Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 12 : 66 – 77 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Powley , EH and Piderit , SK . 2008 . Tending wounds . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , 44 : 134 – 149 .
   Google Scholar
• Quick , JC and Quick , JD . 2004 . Healthy, happy, productive work: A leadership challenge . Organizational Dynamics , 33 : 329 – 337 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quinn , RW . 2005 . Flow in knowledge work: High performance experience in the design of national security technology . Administrative Science Quarterly , 50 : 610 – 641 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quinn , RW and Worline , MC . 2008 . Enabling courageous collective action: Conversations from United Airline Flight 93 . Organization Science , 19 : 497 – 516 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Radey , M and Figley , C . 2007 . Compassion in the context of positive social work: The role of human flourishing . Clinical Social Work Journal , 36 : 207 – 214 .
   Google Scholar
• Ramlall , SJ . 2008 . Enhancing employee performance through positive organizational behavior . Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 38 : 1580 – 1600 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Richardsen , AM , Burke , RJ and Martinussen , M . 2006 . Work and health outcomes among police officers: The mediating role of police cynicism and engagement . International Journal of Stress Management , 13 : 555 – 574 .
   Google Scholar
• Roberts , LM , Spreitzer , G , Dutton , J , Quinn , R , Heaphy , E and Barker , B . 2005 . How to play to your strengths . Harvard Business Review , 83 : 74 – 80 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ronel , N . 2006 . When good overcomes bad: The impact of volunteers on those they help . Human Relations , 59 : 1133 – 1153 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothmann , S and Joubert , JHM . 2007 . Job demands, job resources, burn out and work engagement of managers at a platinum mine in the North West Province . South African Journal of Business Management , 38 : 49 – 61 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothmann , S , Steyn , LJ and Mostert , K . 2005 . Job stress, sense of coherence and work wellness in an electricity supply organization . South African Journal of Business Management , 36 : 55 – 63 .
   Google Scholar
• Salanova , M , Bakker , AB and Llorens , S . 2006 . Flow at work: Evidence for an upward spiral of personal and organizational resources . Journal of Happiness Studies , 7 : 1 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• Schaufeli , WB , Bakker , AB and Salanova , M . 2006 . The measurement of work engagement with a short questionnaire: A cross-national study . Educational and Psychological Measurement , 66 : 701 – 716 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schreiner , LA , Hulme , E , Hetzel , R and Lopez , SJ . 2009 . “ Positive psychology on campus ” . In Oxford handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SJ . 569 – 578 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Searle , JR . 2005 . What is an institution? . Journal of Institutional Economics , 1 : 1 – 22 .
   Google Scholar
• Seligman , MEP and Csikszentmihalyi , M . 2000 . Positive psychology: An introduction . American Psychologist , 55 : 5 – 14 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sheridan , SM and Burt , JD . 2009 . “ Family-centered positive psychology ” . In Oxford handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SJ . 551 – 560 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Simmons , BL , Nelson , DL and Neal , LJ . 2001 . A comparison of the positive and negative work attitudes of home health care and hospital nurses . Health Care Management Review , 26 : 63 – 74 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Skinner , SJ and Kelley , SW . 2006 . Transforming sales organizations through appreciative inquiry . Psychology and Marketing , 23 : 77 – 93 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sosik , JJ , Jung , D and Dinger , SL . 2009 . Values in authentic action: Examining the roots and rewards of altruistic leadership . Group and Organization Management , 34 : 395 – 431 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spreitzer , GM and Somenshein , S . 2003 . “ Positive deviance and extraordinary organizing ” . In Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline , Edited by: Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 207 – 224 . San Francisco, CA : Berret-Koehler .
   Google Scholar
• Sutcliffee , KM and Vogus , TJ . 2003 . “ Organizing for resilience ” . In Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline , Edited by: Cameron , KS , Dutton , JE and Quinn , RE . 94 – 110 . San Francisco, CA : Berret-Koehler .
   Google Scholar
• Taylor , SE and Sherman , DK . 2004 . “ Positive psychology and health psychology: A fruitful liaison ” . In Positive psychology in practice , Edited by: Linley , AP and Joseph , S . 305 – 319 . Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons .
   Google Scholar
• Turner , N , Barling , J and Zacharatos , A . 2002 . “ Positive psychology at work ” . In Handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SJ . 715 – 728 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Walumbwa , FO , Avolio , BJ , Gardner , WL , Wernsing , TA and Peterson , SJ . 2008 . Authentic leadership: Development and validation of a theory-based measure . Journal of Management , 34 ( 1 ) : 89 – 126 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• West , BJ , Patera , JL and Carsten , MK . 2009 . Team level positivity: Investigating positive psychological capacities and team level outcomes . Journal of Organizational Behavior , 30 : 249 – 267 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wiegand , DM and Geller , ES . 2005 . Connecting positive psychology and organizational behavior management: Achievement motivation and the power of positive reinforcement . Journal of Organizational Behavior Management , 24 : 3 – 25 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wood , B and Gordon , S . 2009 . Linking MBS learning and leadership coaching . International Coaching Psychology Review , 4 : 87 – 104 .
   Google Scholar
• Yammarino , FJ , Dionne , SD , Schriesheim , CA and Dansereau , F . 2008 . Authentic leadership and positive organizational behavior: A meso, multi-level perspective . The Leadership Quarterly , 19 : 693 – 707 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Youssef , CM and Luthans , F . 2007 . Positive organizational behavior in the workplace: The impact of hope, optimism, and resilience . Journal of Management , 33 ( 5 ) : 774 – 800 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar