Positive Psychology at Work

Sarah Lewis 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2011년 03월 16일 출간

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Positive Psychology at Work brings the fields of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry together for the first time to provide leaders and change agents with a powerful new approach to achieving organizational excellence.Draws together positive psychology and appreciative inquiry in the context of leadership organizational challenges for the first timePresents academically rigorous and referenced material in a jargon-free, accessible mannerArranged with chapters focused on specific organizational challenges to allow readers to quickly find ideas relevant to their unique situationFeatures short contributions from experienced practitioners of positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, and includes case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA??

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About the Author xiBook Contributors xiiiPreface xviiAcknowledgements xxiThe Short Version of This Book xxiii1 Introduction to Positive Psychology 1Positive Psychology is Not Positive Thinking 2How Positive Psychology Differs from Positive Thinking 3The Ethical Bias of This Book 6Key Themes of the Book 82 Positive Workplaces 11Introduction 13What is a Positive Workplace? 13How Does Positive Organizational BehaviourTurn into Positive Organizational Performance? 20Organizational Culture 23The Organization as a Complex Adaptive System 26Why is Culture so Hard to Change? 31How to Create Positive Workplaces 34Summary 37Further Reading 383 Positive Engagement and Performance 39Introduction 40Active Engagement at Work 42Strengths and Talents 42Flow 51Mindfulness 52Management Influence on Engagement and Productivity at Work 53Goal Seeking 54Goal Setting 56Goal Setting and Environment Contingencies 58The Meaningfulness of Work 63Strategies for Increasing the Meaningfulness of Work 64Summary 67Recommended Reading 694 Positive Communication and Decision-Making 71Introduction 71Communication 72Connectivity 74Dynamic Patterns of Communication 76How to Build Positive Communication andIncrease Performance 78Leadership and Positive Communication 78Best Self-Feedback 79Decision-Making 83Emotions in Decision-Making 86Micro-Decision-Making 91Other Factors that Enhance Decision-Making 92Mov

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“For these reasons, Lewis&'s timely and accessible book will be useful to business leaders and introductory audiences interested less in the science behind positive psychology and appreciative inquiry than in its ready application to the organizational setting.”& (PsycCRITIQUES, 11 July 2012)"Overall, this is a very readable book, of more interest to the business and organisation leader than to the practising psychologist, for whom the lack of detailed referencing and methodological evaluation would be problematic. However, if, like me, you are not versed in the psychology of work or for that matter, positive psychology, but you do have a practical interest in how organisations (don't) work, maybe simply as an employee, then this book is a very readable introductory text with lots of ideas for activities and reflective activities as well as further reading." (BPS South-West Review, Spring 2012)"Highly recommended. Business collections serving lower-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 November 2011)"Overall, I would recommend this book to postgraduate researchers, consultants and senior managers who are serious about wanting to invest the time to learn more about the use of positive psychology and appreciate inquiry to improve organisations." (The Psychologist, 1 October 2011)"I believe this book will quickly become a classic reference text. In just over 200 pages Lewis has produced a content rich, accessible work that readers will want to revisit regularly. And I&'ve no doubt they will be pleasantly surprised at how much fresh information they glean each time they do." People Management, April 11"Overall, this is a very readable book, of more interest to the business and organisation leader than to the practising psychologist, for whom the lack of detailed referencing and methodological evaluation would be problematic. However, if, like me, you are not versed in the psychology of work or for that

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저자(글) Sarah Lewis

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Sarah Lewis is an Associated Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Principal member of the Association of Business Psychologists, and the owner of Appreciating Change, where she works as a facilitator and consultant. She is the lead author of Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management (2007).