The meaning of work literature is the product of a long tradition of rich inquiry spanning
many disciplines. Yet, the field lacks overarching structures that would facilitate greater …

Play is manifested in organizational behavior as a form of engagement with work tasks and
as a form of diversion from them. In this paper we examine both manifestations of play as …

A bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs--and new insights for realizing
your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life. When …

Scholarship establishes a new field of study in the organizational sciences. Just as positive
psychology focuses on exploring optimal individual psychological states rather than …

In this article, the authors explore compassion in work organizations. They discuss the
prevalence and costs of pain in organizational life, and identify compassion as an important …

This paper describes two studies that explore core questions about compassion at work.
Findings from a pilot survey indicate that compassion occurs with relative frequency among …

We elaborate a theory of the foundations of a collective capability for compassion through a
detailed analysis of everyday practices in an organizational unit. Our induced theory of …

Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is a broad framework that seeks to explain
behaviors in and of organizations. It focuses explicitly on the positive states and processes …

This book is a one-stop guide to the world of planned change. Newcomers to the field can
read the book cover to cover and explore organization development's foundation, scope …

Building on work at the individual and organizational levels suggesting that an individual's
self-concept and an organization's identity are dynamic, we relax the generally held …