The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work

Edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea

Oxford Library of Psychology

This comprehensive volume pulls together research from a number of distinct literatures such as positive psychology, management, human resources, and industrial-organizational psychology
A core resource for both researchers and practitioners interested in the application of positive psychology to work
Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work

Edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea

Description

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work examines what positive psychology offers to our understanding of key issues in working life today. Drawing on the disparate literatures from positive psychology, management, I/O psychology, and human resources, the volume begins with a consideration of the changing world of work that sets the context for the rest of the book and then moves into a specific consideration of work issues from the perspective of positive psychology. Chapters focus on such topics as strengths, leadership, human resource management, employee engagement, communications, well-being, and work-life balance. Now a portable paperback, this handbook is still a core resource for both researchers and practitioners interested in the application of positive psychology to work.

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work

Edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea

Oxford Library of Psychology

1. Finding the Positive in the World of Work
P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea

Part One: Positive Psychology and the Changing World of Work

2. The Changing World of Work
Wayne F. Cascio

3. Generation Me and the Changing World of Work
Jean M. Twenge and Stacy M. Campbell

Part Two: Positive Organizational Leadership

4. What is Authentic Leadership Development?
Bruce J. Avolio, Jakari Griffith, Tara S. Wernsing, and Fred O. Walumbwa

5. Enablers of a Positive Strategy: Positively Deviant Leadership
Lynn Perry Wooten and Kim S. Cameron

6. Change and Its Leadership: The Role of Positive Emotions
Malcolm Higgs

7. Working Positively Toward Transformative Cooperation
Leslie E. Sekerka and Barbara L. Fredrickson

8. Strengths: Your Leading Edge
Danny Morris and Jill Garrett

9. Towards a Positive Psychology for Leaders
Robert E. Kaplan and Robert B. Kaiser

Part Three: Positive Work Environments for Individuals and Organizations

10. Employee Engagement and the Psychology of Joining, Staying In, and Leaving Organizations
James K. Harter and Nikki Blacksmith

11. Work as Meaning: Individual and Organizational Benefits of Engaging in Meaningful Work
Michael F. Steger and Bryan J. Dik

12. More than Meets the Eye: The Role of Employee Well-Being in Organizational Research
Thomas A. Wright

13. Positive Engagement: From Employee Engagement to Workplace Happiness?
Martin Stairs and Martin Galpin

Part Four: Enabling a Positive Working Life

14. Using Coaching and Positive Psychology to Promote a Flourishing Workforce: A Model of Goal-Striving and Mental Health
Anthony M. Grant and Gordon B. Spence

15. Mindfulness at Work: Paying Attention to Enhance Well-being and Performance
Oberdan Marianetti and Jonathan Passmore

16. Work-Life Balance: The Roles of Work-Family Conflict and Work-Family Facilitation
Boris B. Baltes, Malissa A. Clark, and Madhura Chakrabarti

17. Strengths Development in the Workplace
Timothy D. Hodges and Jim Asplund

18. Strengths of Character and Work
Christopher Peterson, John Paul Stephens, Nansook Park, Fiona Lee, and Martin E. P. Seligman

Part Five: Models for Positive Organization

19. Dream Teams: A Positive Psychology of Team Working
Joanne Richardson and Michael A. West

20. Positive Organizational Scholarship Leaps into the World of Work
Don Mroz and Shawn Quinn

21. Look Before You Leap or Dive Right In? The Use of Moral Courage in Response to Workplace Bullying
Susan Harrington and Charlotte Rayner

22. An Integrated Model of Psychological Capital in the Workplace
Carolyn M. Youssef and Fred Luthans

23. Building the Positive Workplace: A Preliminary Report from the Field
Jocelyn S. Davis

Part Six: Looking to the Future: Challenges and Opportunities

24. Good for What? The Young Worker in a Global Age
Lynn Barendsen and Howard Gardner

25. What's Wrong with Being Positive?
Samantha Warren

26. Building Positive Organizations
Nicola Garcea, Susan Harrington, and P. Alex Linley

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Work

Edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, and Nicola Garcea

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Alex Linley, Ph.D., is the Founding Director of the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (www.cappeu.com), as well as a Visiting Professor in Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK.

Susan Harrington, Ph.D., is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, a Director at the Centre of Applied Positive Psychology (www.cappeu.com), and a Visiting Fellow in Management at the University of Leicester.

Nicola Garcea, Ph.D., is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Consulting Director at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (www.cappeu.com).

Contributors:

Jim Asplund
Gallup
Minneapolis, MN

Bruce J. Avolio
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Boris B. Baltes
Department of Psychology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Lynn Barendsen
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Nikki Blacksmith
Workplace Management
Gallup, Inc.
Washington, DC

Kim S. Cameron
Ross School of Business and School of Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Stacy M. Campbell
Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Wayne F. Cascio
The Business School
University of Colorado
Denver, CO

Madhura Chakrabarti
Department of Psychology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Malissa A. Clark
Department of Psychology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Jocelyn S. Davis
Nelson Hart L.L.C.
Arlington, VA

Bryan J. Dik
Department of Psychology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

Barbara L. Fredrickson
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Martin Galpin
Work Positive Ltd.
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Nicky Garcea
Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry, United Kingdom

Howard Gardner
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Jill Garrett
Caret, Lancaster House
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anthony M. Grant
Coaching Psychology Unit
School of Psychology
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

Jakari Griffith
Global Leadership Institute
College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Susan Harrington
Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry, United Kingdom

James K. Harter
Workplace Management & Well-Being
Gallup, Inc.
Omaha, NE

Malcolm Higgs
School of Management
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom

Timothy D. Hodges
Gallup, Inc.
Omaha, NE

Robert B. Kaiser
Kaplan DeVries Inc.
Greensboro, NC

Robert E. Kaplan
Kaplan DeVries Inc.
Greensboro, NC

Fiona Lee
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

P. Alex Linley
Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry, United Kingdom

Fred Luthans
Department of Management
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Oberdan Marianetti
Business Psychologist
Learning and Organizational Development Consultant
London, United Kingdom

Danny Morris
Caret, Lancaster House
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Donald Mroz
Post University
Waterbury, CT

Nansook Park
Department of Psychology
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Jonathan Passmore
School of Psychology
University of East London
London, United Kingdom

Lynn Perry-Wooten
Ross School of Business and School of Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Christopher Peterson
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Shawn Quinn
Lift Consulting
Ann Arbor, MI

Charlotte Rayner
Portsmouth Business School
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Joanne Richardson
Aston Business School
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Leslie E. Sekerka
Departments of Management and Psychology
Menlo College
Atherton, CA

Martin E. P. Seligman
Department of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Gordon B. Spence
Coaching Psychology Unit
School of Psychology
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

Martin Stairs
Martin Stairs Consulting
Oxford, United Kingdom

Michael F. Steger
Department of Psychology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

John Paul Stephens
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Jean M. Twenge
Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Dave Ulrich
School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
The RBL Group
Alpine, Utah

Fred O. Walumbwa
Department of Management
W.P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ

Samantha Warren
The School of Management
University of Surrey, Guildford
Surrey, United Kingdom

Tara S. Wernsing
Global Leadership Institute
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE

Michael A. West
Aston Business School
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Thomas A. Wright
Department of Management
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

Carolyn M. Youssef
College of Business
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE