Positive organizational psychology : an overview

Abstract

Abstract Positive behaviors in the work setting. An important term under positive emotion is emotional contagion. This refers to how employees mimic their leader's emotions and how those emotions spread from person to person. A positive leader would spread positivity, whereas a negative leader would cause the opposite to happen. An example of positive behavior is “job crafting”, which includes making positive changes in one’s cognition and behavior to make the job better-fit one’s needs. For example, a cleaner can choose to perceive their job as a great contribution to the work environment, instead of seeing it as “just a cleaning job”. We will also talk about “flow at work” and “work engagement”, which are strongly connected with one’s job satisfaction. In conclusion, we will talk about the importance of expanding positive organizational psychology as a field, its future, and give some real-life examples from companies that already started implementing this field of psychology.