A Tale of Two Paradigms: The Impact of Psychological Capital and Reinforcing Feedback on Problem Solving and Innovation

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-350

  Luthans, Fred ^a   Youssef, Carolyn M ^b   Rawski, Shannon L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

innovation; organizational behavior modification; positive organizational behavior; problem solving; psychological capital; reinforcing feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858035618     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2011.619421     Document Type: Article

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