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Positive organizational behavior (POB) is defined as "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" (Luthans, 2002a, p. 59).
An "engaged employee" is defined as one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests. An engaged employee has a positive attitude towards the organization and its values. [1]
Concepts of positive psychology like hope and altruism provide a positive work environment that influences the moods and attitudes of workers. Youssef & Luthans (2007) examined the effects hope, optimism, and resilience had in the workplace on employees’ job performance, job satisfaction, work happiness , and organizational commitment. [ 32 ]
Perceived organizational support (POS) is the degree to which employees believe that their organization values their contributions and cares about their well-being and fulfills socioemotional needs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] POS is generally thought to be the organization's contribution to a positive reciprocity dynamic with employees, as employees tend to ...
Findings are in line with attitudinal theory, in which a worker's positive behaviour is mainly formed by their perception of a positive attitude from their employer, but also reflects social exchange theory wherein a worker cares about their organisation where they experience “economic and sociopsychological appreciation.”
Two children at a playground talking and demonstrating a positive attitude. An attitude "is a summary evaluation of an object of thought. An attitude object can be anything a person discriminates or holds in mind." Attitudes include beliefs , emotional responses and behavioral tendencies (intentions, motivations). In the classical definition an ...
Positive psychology is a field of psychological theory and research of optimal human functioning of people, groups, and institutions. [1] [2] It studies "positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions... it aims to improve quality of life."
The model appears to mix together an attitude toward a target, that being the organization, with an attitude toward a behavior, which is leaving or staying. They believe the studies should return to the original understanding of organizational commitment as an attitude toward the organization and measure it accordingly.