Positive Psychological Capital in the Workplace: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Youssef, Carolyn M ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b  

^a BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational research; Positive organizational behavior; Positive organizational scholarship; Positive psychology; Positivity; Psychological capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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