If you know of any special issues of
journals or calls for papers that may be of interest
to researchers investigating Positive Organizational
Scholarship, please contact us at
positiveorg@umich.edu.
Bernstein, S.D. (2003)

Positive Organizational Scholarship: Meet the Movement. An Interview with Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, and Robert
Quinn.
A published interview with some of the founders of the POS movement which outlines the
basic premises and assumptions of positive organizational scholarship.
Journal of Management Inquiry, 12(3): 266-271.
Bushnell, D. (2007)

Special Issue on Positive Organization Practices: Generative Approaches and Theories in OD.
Editorial:
Positive Organization Practice: Generative Techniques in OD

OD Practitioner, 39 (1)
Cameron, K.S., and Caza, A. (2004)

Special Issue on Contributions to Positive Organizational Scholarship. Contains theoretical
and empirical articles on key aspects of positive organizational scholarship.
American Behavioral Scientist, (Feb. 2004).
Table of Contents and
Introduction.
Fredrickson, B. & Losada, M. (2005)

Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing

American Psychologist, 60: 678-686.
Luthans, F. (2002)

The need for and meaning of
positive organizational behavior.
Journal of
Organizational Behavior, 26: 695-706.
Luthans, F. & Youssef, C. (2004)

Human, Social, and Now Positive Psychological Capital Management:
Investing in People for Competitive Advantage.

Organizational Dynamics, 33(2): 143-160.
Roberts, L.M. (2006)

Response – shifting the lens on organizational life: The added value of positive scholarship.
Academy of Management Review, 31(2): 292–305.
Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000)

Positive psychology: An introduction.
American Psychologist 55: 5-14.
Wright, T.A. (2003)

Positive organizational behavior: An idea whose time has truly come.
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 24, 437-442.