Organizational Behavior- Chpt 7- Cosby
Optimists
often view successes as due to their "personal, permanent, and pervasive causes, and negative events to external, temporary, and situation-specific ones
Prosocial Behaviors
positive acts performed without expecting anything in return
Buffering Effect
positive practices buffer or reduce the impact of negative events and stressors
Amplifying Effect
positive practices have an amplifying or escalating effect on positive outcomes because of their association with positive emotions and social capital
Organizational Practices
refer to a host of procedures, policies, practices, routines, and rules that organizations use to get things done
Restorative Justice
reflects "a shared belief in the importance of resolving conflict multilaterally through the inclusion of victims, offenders, and all other stakeholders"
Attentional Deficit
reflects the inability to focus vividly on an object
Virtuousness
represents "what individuals and organizations aspire to be when they are at their very best"
Intention
represents an end point or desired goal you want to achieve
Flourishing
represents the extent to which our lives contain PERMA
Mindlessness
"a state or reduced attention"; "thoughtless"
Flow
"is defined as the state of being completely involved in an activity for its own sake"
Positivity Effect
"is the attraction of all living systems toward positive energy and away from negative energy, or toward that which is life giving and away from that which is life depleting
Positive Deviance
"successful performance that dramatically exceeds the norm in a positive direction
Mindfulness
"the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the resent moment, and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment
Hope
Willpower (have a goal and the determination to achieve it) + Waypower (need to see one or more alternative paths to achieve your goal, even when faced with adversity)
Temperance
a shared belief in showing restraint and control when faced with temptation and provocation; promotes self-control, humility, and prudence
Compassion
a shared value that drives people to help others who are suffering
Conscious Capitalism
are those seeking awareness of the effects of their actions and implementing practices that benefit both human beings and the environment
Meaningfulness
defined as "belonging to and serving something that you believe is bigger than the self"
Forgiveness
defined as "the capacity to foster collective abandonment of justified resentment, bitterness, and blame, and, instead, it is the adoption of positive, forward-looking approaches in response to harm or damage
Organizational Climate
defined as employees' perceptions "of formal and informal organizational policies, practices, procedures, and routines"
Attentional Hyperactivity
happens when our minds are racing or wandering, resulting in compulsive daydreaming or fantasizing
Positive Psychological Capital (PsyCap)
have high levels of hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism (HERO)
Positive OB (POB)
involves 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
Social Support
the amount of perceived helpfulness derived form social relationships
Resilient
the capacity to consistently bounce back from adversity and to sustain yourself in the face of the demands of positive events
Well-Being
the combined impact of five elements: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement (PERMA)
Upward Spirals of Positivity
where your positive behaviors, feelings, and attitudes feed your own and those of others in a continual, reinforcing process