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An Introduction to Positive Organizational Scholarship

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Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) was established in 2003 to bring scholarly attention to the extraordinarily positive outcomes and behaviors that take place in organizations. Since then, POS has grown substantially, producing a body of rigorous research, important practical applications, and educational tools. This chapter provides a brief introduction to POS by reviewing the foundations, principles, research, and practices that comprise the study of positive organizing. POS broadens organization studies’ scope, focuses on generative dynamics, and clarifies mechanisms of positive organizational processes. POS also provides the primary foundation for empirical studies of virtues ethics in organizations.

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    Brianna Barker Caza

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Caza, B.B. (2015). An Introduction to Positive Organizational Scholarship. In: Sison, A. (eds) Handbook of Virtue Ethics in Business and Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6729-4_27-1

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