Psychological Capital: Meaning, Findings and Future Directions

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Youssef, Carolyn M ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b  

^a BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hope; Optimism; Positive organizational behavior; Positivity; Psychological capital; Resilience; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925011811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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