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Positive Relationships
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Articles
Does team psychological capital predict team outcomes at work?
The conceptual and empirical value of a positive lens: An invitation to organizational scholars to develop novel research questions
The interpersonal costs of dishonesty: How dishonest behavior reduces individuals’ ability to read others’ emotions
Helping people by being in the present: Mindfulness increases prosocial behavior
Too old to tango? Job loss and job search among older workers.
When does respectful engagement with one’s supervisor foster help-seeking behaviors and performance?
Co-constructing a sense of community at work: The emergence of community in coworking spaces
We know who likes us, but not who competes against us
Teaching inpatient medicine – what every physician needs to know
Relationship quality and virtuousness: Emotional carrying capacity as a source of individual and team resilience
Being valued and devalued at work: A social valuing perspective
Care and compassion through an organizational lens: Opening up new possibilities
The mindful negotiator: Strategic emotion management and wellbeing
High quality connections
Understanding compassion capability
Trust, Connectivity, and Thriving: Implications for Innovative Work Behavior
Learning behaviors in the workplace: The role of high quality interpersonal relationships and psychological safety
Linking high-quality interpersonal relationships, psychological safety and learning behaviors in the workplace.
Re-narrating positive relational identities in organizations: Self-narration as a mechanism for strategic emotion management in interpersonal interactions
The contours and consequences of compassion at work
Positive social interactions and the human body at work: Linking organizations and physiology
Giving commitment: Employee support programs and the prosocial sensemaking process
The transformative potential of compassion at work
Enabling positive social capital in organizations
Explaining compassion organizing
Compassion in organizational life
Relationships, layoffs, and organizational resilience
At-A-Glance Summaries
Books
All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success
The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish
Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations
Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship
CPO Tools
Essays
Events
2023 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
2022 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
Antiracism, Allyship, and Authenticity: Building Internal Capacity for Institutional Change
Thrive in Trying Times Teach-Out
Eun Bit Hwang
Is it Really Better to Give than Receive?
How to Create Positive Team and Organizational Hierarchies
Authenticity on One’s Own Terms
79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
2019 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
Sixth World Congress on Positive Psychology
2019 Positive Business Conference
Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord – The Power of Helping Across Differences
Company-Community Partnerships for Purpose and Sustainable Impact
8th Annual Relational Coordination Research Collaborative (RCRC) Roundtable
2018 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Our 2018 Appreciations
2018 Positive Business Conference
Putting High Quality Connections into Practice
Gratitude & Well-Being at Work Conference
U-M Koru Mindfulness Course
Mindful engagement for positive education in Cambodia
2017 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM
77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
7th Annual RCRC Roundtable
Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference
Necessary Conversations Global Research Forum – Bringing Humanism to the Management Classroom
News
Laura Morgan Roberts discusses how Black women can balance self-care, pressures to lead DEI efforts
Meg Warren discusses allyship on Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast
Sense of awe can ground us in challenging times, David P. Fessell writes in Harvard Business Review
Kim S. Cameron discusses positively energizing leadership on Michelle McQuaid podcast
Harvard Business Review quotes Jane Dutton on managing with compassion, accountability
Harvard Business Review article on combatting loneliness cites CPO researchers
Olivia (Mandy) O’Neill shares insights on stress with Women at Work podcast
Adam Grant examines anti-racism on WorkLife podcast
CPO professors discuss Michigan Ross’ positive leadership approach on ‘Working for the Weekend’ podcast
External affirmation improves information sharing among team members
Wayne Baker co-authors new study published in Social Networks journal
Emotional well-being is key to mentorship, CPO researchers tell Harvard Business Review
USA Today mental health article cites Jane Dutton’s research
Networking in the COVID-19 era opens opportunities for professionals of color, Laura Morgan Roberts writes
Thrive Global highlights Jane Dutton’s research on high-quality relationships
How to be more authentic at work
Jane Dutton, Monica Worline discuss compassion on The Courageous Life podcast
Laura Morgan Roberts coaches Black workers on how to handle microaggressions
Stephanie Creary empowers middle managers to facilitate racial justice conversations
Working from home blurs boundaries, adds challenges for Black employees
Sharing experiences and emotions amidst racial unrest
Interviewers tap Laura Morgan Roberts’ expertise on race in the workplace
Businesses must take action against racism, Laura Morgan Roberts writes in Harvard Business Review
Jane Dutton tells CNN little moments can save patients’ lives
Tilling the soil for human connection
Unlocking resources with a positive lens
Adam Grant shares tips on how to find joy while working remotely with WBEZ
Larry King interviews Jane Dutton on Positive Voices episode
Robert E. Quinn offers advice for making stay-at-home experience meaningful in WEMU interview
Silver linings, home tours, video conference bingo: Reimagining virtual meetings for connection
Social connection is crucial during physical distancing, Jane Dutton tells Thrive Global
Adam Grant, Jane Dutton discuss loneliness, high-quality connections on WorkLife podcast
Leading ourselves: Key questions in the time of coronavirus
Maximizing your energy during COVID-19
Scott Sonenshein shares work-from-home tips in TIME article
Compassion is key during coronavirus crisis, researchers tell Harvard Business Review
How to connect meaningfully in a virtual meeting
Small moments can make a big difference
Hey, teachers: It’s time to put on our compassion hats
Michigan Ross to host environmental teach-in as part of U-M’s Earth Day at 50 Celebration
Reflecting on the first leadership residency in the OMBA: Three takeaways from a transformative experience
Brianna Barker Caza examines workplace conflict in Harvard Business Review
Jane Dutton tells Washington Post: Compassion is urgently needed
Three ways to thrive through crisis
Forbes quotes Lindsey Cameron on mindfulness at work
Wayne Baker busts myths about asking for help in Business Insider article, NPR podcast
A little bit of mindfulness goes a long way at work, Gretchen Spreitzer tells SmartBrief
What questions work for you in building high quality connections?
Jane Dutton discusses workplace connections on Making Positive Psychology Work podcast
Forbes article on job satisfaction cites Jane Dutton, Amy Wrzesniewski
Mentee celebrates Jane Dutton in Forbes profile
How to succeed at work as a cultural minority, new research by Laura Morgan Roberts
Lying lowers EQ, says Inc. article highlighting Julia Lee’s research
Forbes cites Jane Dutton in article about corporate wellness
Unleash your human connecting creativity
Dishonest behavior damages the ability to read other people’s emotions
Shirli Kopelman cited to New York Times article
Laura Morgan Roberts contributes to Harvard Business Review article about The Reflected Best Self Exercise™ in our everyday lives
Kim Cameron discusses Positive Organizational Scholarship with Noreen Ehrlich
+LAB students help plan first Michigan Ross ‘Wellness Week’ promoting student well-being
Edward C. Chang receives American Psychological Association award
Jane Dutton and Monica Worline’s compassion book mentioned in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Menlo Innovation’s Richard Sheridan interviewed for Forbes article
Gretchen Spreitzer, Peter Bacevice, and Lyndon Garrett’s coworking research shared in HowStuffWorks
Gretchen Spreitzer interviewed for Georgia Tech podcast
Giving workers a ‘voice’ improves retention
Mari Kira, Stacey Scimeca interviewed by Ross Human Capital Club
Menlo Innovations featured in Forbes
O.C. Tanner pens Forbes op-ed about building successful workplace cultures
Sara Soderstrom, Kate Heinze research in Erb publication
Kim Cameron featured in Forbes article
Baker, Cameron, and Dutton’s research cited in Psychology Today
Chris White to appear on the ‘Dr. Nandi Show’
Podcast: How to succeed in the gig world
Kim Cameron, Robert Quinn named AOM Pasmore-Woodman Award winners
Adam Grant on TODAY: Raising resilient, happy kids
Gretchen Spreitzer quoted in CNBC story about women-only co-working spaces
Congratulations! Awakening Compassion wins medal in 2017 Nautilus Book Awards
Urban Ashes receives top honor in University of Michigan positive business competition
Encouraging employees to seek help leads to stronger job performance, new study finds
In Fast Company, Adam Grant writes about research with Wayne Baker, Givitas
Adam Grant co-authors HBR article about employee surveys
Clot Buster wins the 35th annual Pryor-Hale Award at the Michigan Business Challenge
Rob Dube asks: What happens when you help team members find new jobs?
How Sara Soderstrom prepares her students for difficult conversations
Using improv to connect, Chris Murchison’s latest Whil blog
Are you a positive deviant?
Gretchen Spreitzer quoted in The Cut story about feedback for remote workers
Awakening Compassion at Work named a favorite book of 2017 by Greater Good Magazine
Sanjay Saint co-authored an article on mentoring for the Harvard Business Review
Monica Worline interviewed for The onGRIT podcast
Jane Dutton and Julia Lee “say nice things to coworkers” in Harvard Business Review
Join the new High Quality Connections Community of Practice on Facebook
Wayne Baker’s research on reciprocity applied at INSEAD
Lea Waters interviewed for Herald Sun about her new book, The Strength Switch
U-M’s bicentennial and Mary Ceccanese’s focus on gratitude
Jane Dutton and Monica Worline’s book reviewed in Stanford Social Innovation Review
Dave Mayer interviewed on local NPR station about positive management
Please reject my idea
Kim Cameron interviewed on BYU radio
Jane Dutton interviewed on radio station KZUM
How to avoid being a fake positive leader
Barbara Fredrickson’s research featured in New York Times article
Julia Lee interviewed on Michigan Radio about crying at work
Monica Worline interviewed on Plural of You
The business case for compassion
Julia Lee’s Positive Links session in the Michigan Daily
Research by Julia Lee about ‘crying at work’ featured in Forbes
Jessica Amortegui wrote for Women@Forbes about empathy in the workplace
A new resource for leading in trying times
How to heal post-election angst at work
Research by Julia Lee cited in Cornell Chronicle
Scott DeRue inspired by Ross students
Scott Sonenshein on creative gifting
Gretchen Spreitzer talks coworking with Dallas News
How do you lead in trying times? Help us contribute to the dialogue.
How to bridge the political divide at the holiday dinner table
Chris Murchison offers insights on gratitude
Culture … and things that matter
Jane Dutton’s HCQ research cited in Huffington Post op-ed
Jason Wilburn interviewed on “Making Positive Psychology Work” podcast
How to Do More with Less: The Power of Relational Coordination
Planting Your Roots: Tips for Building a Positive Network
5 Ways to Get Better at Asking for Help
Reflecting on the Summer Fellows Program
What Does Mentoring Look Like in Today’s Context?
Guest Feature: Positive Relationships at Work Microcommunity 2014 Meeting
New Manager Checklist: 5 Things You Need to Know About Being a Good Leader
POS in Action: Practical Implications of Research on Compassion at Work
A Gratitude Letter
What Exactly is the Center for Positive Organizations?
Pain as a Positive Practice?
Can Networking Be Positive?
The Gift We Love to Receive but Forget to Give
High Quality Connections: “Being Our Best As Human Beings”
Selfies or Selfless? The 6 Top Habits of the Happiest (& Most Successful) Social Networkers
What Are You Grateful For?
Did you get your daily diet of LOVE today?
Recent Highlights from our Facebook page
Empathy Versus Perspective-Taking and Personal Change
Work Life Enrichment and Being Willing to Die for the Organization That Would Kill You for Caring
Friendship: “Where… glory begins and ends…”
Friendship: An Etiquette for Friending & Unfriending
Friendship: Just a Social Bond? It’s Healthy, Too!
Videos
2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Afternoon Sessions “Experiential POS Practices to Carry Us Forward”
2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Morning Panel “Using POS to Understand the State of the World”
2022 POS Research Conference: Award for Outstanding Published Article in POS and Winners’ Keynote
2022 POS Research Conference: Opening Sessions
Is it Really Better to Give than Receive?
How to Create Positive Team and Organizational Hierarchies
Authenticity on One’s Own Terms
2019 POS Research Conference: Founders Panel
2019 POS Research Conference: Looking Towards the Future
2019 POS Research Conference Teaching Workshop: Positive Relationships at Work
Magnify Immersion Program: FAQs
Positive Emotional Culture: How Positive Emotions at the Heart of Corporate Culture Affect Your Well-Being and Your Company’s Bottom Line
Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord
Healthy Minds: Addressing Mental Health and Help-Seeking Behavior in College Student Populations
Company-Community Partnerships for Purpose and Sustainable Impact
Technology and Happiness: The Social and Emotional Costs of Being Constantly Connected
Clash! Bridging Cultural Divides in the Workplace
Putting High Quality Connections into Practice
The Paying it Forward Paradox
Relational Coordination – Transforming Relationships for High Performance
How To Deal With Jerks At Work
Prosocial Behavior in Organizations: Positive Emotions or Strategic Reputation?
Positivity Resonates
Compassion at Work
Bringing the Positive Lens to Business: Co-Creation Based View of Enterprises
Two Positive Forces in Modern Marketing Practice: The Role of Empathy in Company Boundary Spanners and Customer Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility
Positive Organizational Communication: Co-Authoring Exceptional Realities Even in Trying Times
