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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.PDF Document
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 PDF Document
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. PDF Document

Fredrickson, B. & Losada, M. (2005)
Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing PDF Document
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. PDF Document
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.