Organizational Behavior Ch. 7: Positive Organizational Behavior
mindfulness
The state of being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities.
Positive Organizational Behavior
the study and application of positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today's workplace
rumination
uncontrollable repetitive dwelling
Virtuous
what individuals and organizations aspire to be when they are at their best
Three Processes of Positivity
1. Amplifying effect: positive practices from one individual result in positive practices to another 2. Buffering effect: positive practices reduces the impact of negative events 3. Positivity effect: the attraction of all living systems toward positive energy
Positive Psychological Capital
A positive psychological state of development in which you have a storehouse of hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resilience. 1. Hope: persevering through goals (willpower and waypower) 2. Efficacy: confidence to take on hard tasks 3. Resilience: bouncing back from adveristy (flexible) 4. Optimism: positive attribution and succeeding (realistic)
negative emotions
Employees' feelings of fear, guilt, shame, sadness, envy, and disgust.
PERMA
P - positive emotions E - engagement R - relationships M - meaningfulness A - achievement
Conscious Capitalism
companies integrate POB throughout every aspect of their organizations practice this 1. Higher purpose 2. Stakeholder 3. Interdependence 4. Conscious Leadership 5. Conscious Culture
Attentional hyperactivity
happens when our minds are racing or wandering
Positive Emotions
resources that fuel individual, group, and organizational success
positive deviance
successful performance that dramatically exceeds the norm in a positive direction
attentional deficits
the inability to focus vividly on an object