This chapter discusses progress in the psychology of religion by highlighting its rapid growth
during the past 25 years. Recent conceptual and empirical developments are described …

Researchers have increasingly called for the examination of both mental health symptoms
and well-being when providing and evaluating psychotherapy, and although symptoms and …

This essay draws from the emerging positive psychology movement and the author's recent
articles on the need for and meaning of a positive approach to organizational behavior …

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

The importance of virtuousness in organizations has recently been acknowledged in the
organizational sciences, but research remains scarce. This article defines virtuousness and …

Virtuousness in organizations involves individuals and teams being resilient, or bouncing
back from setbacks in ways that allow them to adapt and grow. In two studies, we focus on …

Positive organizational scholarship is the study of that which is positive, flourishing, and life-
giving in organizations. Positive refers to the elevating processes and outcomes in …

In this article I examine the attractions and shortcomings of the “positive” neohumanisitic turn
in organizational theorizing and how positivity might be developed. I evaluate positivity's …

This article explores three ways in which the positive psychology movement's construction
and presentation of itself are negative. First, the negative side is construed as the negative …

A key component of positive organizational scholarship is the concept of virtuousness, as
displayed in and through organizations. Rooted in the Latin word virtus, meaning strength or …