LEADER 05003nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910130876303321 005 20170810192749.0 010 $a1-299-44878-X 010 $a1-119-99040-8 010 $a1-119-99039-4 035 $a(CKB)3460000000000100 035 $a(EBL)792449 035 $a(OCoLC)716206038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10524993 035 $a(PQKB)11618049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792449 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00068797 035 $a(CaSebORM)9780470683200 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000000100 100 $a20100923d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPositive psychology at work$b[electronic resource] $ehow positive leadership and appreciative inquiry create inspiring organizations /$fSarah Lewis 205 $a1st edition 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-68320-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPositive Psychology at Work: How Positive Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry Create Inspiring Organizations; Contents; About the Author; Book Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; The Short Version of This Book; 1: Introduction to Positive Psychology; Positive Psychology is Not Positive Thinking; How Positive Psychology Differs from Positive Thinking; The Ethical Bias of This Book; Key Themes of the Book; 2: Positive Workplaces; Introduction; What is a Positive Workplace?; How Does Positive Organizational Behaviour Turn into Positive Organizational Performance?; Organizational Culture 327 $aThe Organization as a Complex Adaptive SystemWhy is Culture so Hard to Change?; How to Create Positive Workplaces; Summary; Further Reading; 3: Positive Engagement and Performance; Introduction; Active Engagement at Work; Strengths and Talents; Flow; Mindfulness; Management Influence on Engagement and Productivity at Work; Goal Seeking; Goal Setting; Goal Setting and Environment Contingencies; The Meaningfulness of Work; Strategies for Increasing the Meaningfulness of Work; Summary; Recommended Reading; 4: Positive Communication and Decision-Making; Introduction; Communication; Connectivity 327 $aDynamic Patterns of CommunicationHow to Build Positive Communication and Increase Performance; Leadership and Positive Communication; Best Self-Feedback; Decision-Making; Emotions in Decision-Making; Micro-Decision-Making; Other Factors that Enhance Decision-Making; Moving from Decision-Making to Sense-Making; Summary; Further Reading; 5: Positive Leadership and Change; Introduction; Leadership; Psychopathic Leaders; Organizational Change; Approaches to Change; Leadership Change Behaviour; Effective Leadership Behaviour; Developing Strategy; Summary; Further Reading 327 $a6: Positive Sustainable GrowthIntroduction; Psychological Capital; Appreciative Inquiry; Positive Profusion Theory of Growth of the Positive Organization; The Three-Circle Strengths Revolution; Summary; Further Reading; 7: Positive Relationships at Work; Introduction; Positive Team Working; High Quality Working Relationships; Summary; Further Reading; 8: Positive Transformation; Introduction; Key Processes of Flourishing and Inspiring Workplaces; Why Organizations Ignore the Transformative Collaboration Approach to Change; Transformative Collaboration; Patterns of Organizational Life 327 $aTransformative Collaboration ApproachesSummary; Further Reading; Other Things You Need to Know; How to Live a Happy and Meaningful Life; How to Have a Better Quality Old Age; References; Index 330 $aPositive 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 u 606 $aLeadership 606 $aPositive psychology 606 $aOrganizational change 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 0$aPositive psychology. 615 0$aOrganizational change. 676 $a158.7 676 $a658.4092 700 $aLewis$b Sarah$f1957-$0859619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910130876303321 996 $aPositive psychology at work$92177139 997 $aUNINA