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