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Can I come as I am? Refugees’ vocational identity threats, coping, and growth.

By: Mari Kira, Katja Wehrle, Ute-Christine Klehe, Jelena Zikic

Topic(s): Positive Meaning & Purpose

Keyword(s): Coping, Identity threat, Identity threat jujitsu, Psychological growth, Refugee, Resourcing


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Agony and ecstasy in the gig economy: Cultivating holding environments for precarious and personalized work identities

By: Gianpiero Petriglieri, Amy Wrzesniewski, Susan J. Ashford

Topic(s): Positive Meaning & Purpose

Keyword(s): emotion management, gig economy, holding environments, independent workers, individual agency, systems psychodynamics, work identity


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Polluted morality: Air pollution predicts criminal activity and unethical behavior

By: Julia Lee Cunningham, Jackson G. Lu, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky

Topic(s): Positive Ethics & Virtues

Keyword(s): anxiety, crime, ethics, morality, open materials, pollution environment, preregistered, unethical behavior


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When does respectful engagement with one’s supervisor foster help-seeking behaviors and performance?

By: Jane Dutton, Anat Friedmana, Abraham Carmelib

Topic(s): Positive Culture, Positive Relationships

Keyword(s): discretionary behaviors, group value model, help-seeking behaviors, job performance, psychological safety, relational model of authority, respect


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Inspiring Positive Change: The Paradoxical Mind of Robert E. Quinn

By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer


Spreitzer G.M. (2017) Inspiring Positive Change: The Paradoxical Mind of Robert E. Quinn. In: Szabla D., Pasmore W., Barnes M., Gipson A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_54-1

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Co-constructing a sense of community at work: The emergence of community in coworking spaces

By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Lyndon Garrett, Peter Bacevice

Topic(s): Positive Practices, Positive Relationships

Keyword(s): autonomy, community, Coworking, relational constructionism, Relationships


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We know who likes us, but not who competes against us

By: , Noah Eisenkraft, Hillary Anger Elfenbein

Topic(s): Positive Relationships


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Teaching inpatient medicine – what every physician needs to know

By: Sanjay Saint, Molly Harrod, Robert W. Stock

Topic(s): Positive Relationships

Keyword(s): education, health, medicine, positive relationships, postitive health, sanjay saint


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Managing perceptions of distress at work: Reframing emotion as passion

By: Julia Lee Cunningham, Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Sunita Sah, Alison Wood Brooks


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Commitments and appeals to make a better world: The global compact, Laudato Si’ and our future

By: Jim Walsh, Angelo Solarino

Topic(s): Positive Culture, Positive Ethics & Virtues, Positive Leadership


Walsh, J. and Solarino, A. "Commitments and Appeals to Make a Better World: The Global Compact, Laudato Si’ and our Future." Journal of Corporate Citizenship (in press).

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The real mystery of positive business: A response from Christian faith

By: Lloyd Sandelands

Topic(s): Positive Ethics & Virtues


Sandelands, Lloyd E. "The Real Mystery of Positive Business: A Response from Christian Faith." Journal of Business Ethics: 1-10.

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Coordinating flexible performance during everyday work: An ethnomethodological study of handoff routines

By: Lyndon Garrett, Curtis LeBaron, Marlys K. Christianson, Roy Ilan


Curtis, L., Christianson, M.K., Garrett, L., Ilan, R. (2016). Coordinating flexible performance during everyday work: An ethnomethodological study of handoff routines.

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