Psychology 2061A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Employee Engagement, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2061A/B
• Professor: Tara Lee

Document Summary

Positive psychology began in 1988 by martin seligman. Moved from the study of depressed and learned helplessness to the study of optimism. Positive organizational behaviour the study and application of positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today"s workplace. Positive organizational scholarship the field of equity that deals with positive outcomes, processes and attributes of organizations and their members . Flow- the sensation of optimal experience that people feel then they act with total involvement. Results from the balance of skills and challenges. Motivating job characteristics identified in the job characteristics model were predictive of flow. Flow is more likely in situations characterized by skill variety and autonomy. Flow has been associated with hedonic well-being positive mood. Flow has been positively associated with both in-role & extra-role performance. Positive mood and performance is particularly pertinent to tasks that require spontaneity and creativity.