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Autore: |
Lewis Sarah <1957->
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Titolo: |
Positive psychology at work : how positive leadership and appreciative inquiry create inspiring organizations / / Sarah Lewis
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Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass. : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 | |
Edizione: | 1st edition |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxii, 246 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 158.7 |
658.4092 | |
Soggetto topico: | Leadership |
Positive psychology | |
Organizational change | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Positive 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 |
The 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 | |
Dynamic 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 | |
6: 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 | |
Transformative 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 u |
Titolo autorizzato: | Positive psychology at work ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-299-44878-X |
1-119-99040-8 | |
1-119-99039-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910830515203321 |
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