Relationship between positive psychological capital and creative performance

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-13

  Sweetman, David ^a   Luthans, Fred ^a   Avey, James B ^b   Luthans, Brett C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative performance; Creativity; Efficacy; Hope; Optimism; Positive organizational behavior; Psychological capital; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958713415     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.175     Document Type: Article

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