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To achieve a climate encouraging positive OB,an organization must foster a specific set of organizational values,organizational practices,and transformational leadership.

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Describe the concept of resilience.Why is resilience important and how can you develop this capacity? Provide a specific example that relates to your coursework or job.

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Eileen signed up for a photography class after having seen some spectacular wildlife art pictures done by a local artist.She is most likely experiencing

Wanda sees a woman struggling with a small child and two bags of groceries.She stops and offers to carry the grocery bags to the woman's car.This is ______ behavior.

Which of the following statements is ?

One of the principles of conscious capitalism is to be shareholder-centric.

Why should you invest in PsyCap?

Define the term social support.Identify and briefly describe the types of social support.Give an example of each from your own life.

At the weekly staff meeting,Carrie is always criticizing one project manager or another.She claims to run a "tight ship," and she doesn't listen to explanations of delays or additional workload.Carrie's employees dread and resent these meetings.To move forward,these employees need to learn

Chris just finished a calculus test.Afterward,he walked all the way across campus without being aware of anything or anyone he passed.Chris is being

Katie attended a party at her mother's office.She really didn't want to go and was not in a good mood.Her mother introduced Katie to her new assistant,Matthew.When Matthew said,"Hello," Katie repsonded,"Hi,Michael." Katie is acting in a(n) _____ manner.

_____ is the amount of perceived helpfulness derived from our relationships with others.

Reyna is meeting with her supervisor to discuss a project.Someone knocks on the door and walks in,saying,"I have a quick question." The supervisor keeps looking at Reyna and puts her hand up to stop the person who interrupted them.This behavior reflects

Ghandi stated,"If I have the belief that I can do it,I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have had it at the beginning." What emotion does this represent?

Flourishing represents the extent to which our lives contain PERMA-

Positive practices that escalate positive outcomes because of their associations with positive emotions and social capital are having a(n) __________ effect.

Javier's supervisor asks him to create a PowerPoint presentation for the next staff meeting based on a series of note cards he provided.Javier is experiencing ______ because he is proficient at PowerPoint.

What is virtuous leadership? Name the components of virtuous leadership,and briefly discuss each.What effects does virtuous leadership have on organizations?

After graduation,Mary obtained a job managing a department in a retail clothes store.Since she arrived,sales have declined 10 percent and employees are complaining about management's lack of communication. Mary meets with each of the eight employees and notes that two of them are displaying negative emotions and low resilience.She also observes that sales people tend to stand around talking to each other rather than helping customers.She is at a loss for why this is happening given the company's values around customer service and helping others.Upon further investigation,a couple of employees tell her that the goals are too challenging,and they don't believe that they can be achieved.Mary speaks to her boss about the situation and he tells her to increase the sales in her department or else she will be let go. Use the 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach to solve Mary's key problem.

_____ is a key input to positivity from person factors.