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Research Organizations
The following organizations
and groups are actively
conducting research in the
area of Positive
Organizational Scholarship.
If you know of other
research organizations
related to Positive
Organizational Scholarship,
please contact us at
positiveorg@umich.edu.
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The Appreciative
Inquiry Commons Web
site
appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu
The Appreciative
Inquiry Commons Web
site (hosted by Case
Western Reserve
University's
Weatherhead School
of Management) is
devoted to the
fullest sharing of
academic resources
and practical tools
on Appreciative
Inquiry (AI) and the
rapidly growing
discipline of
positive change. AI
assumes that every
living system has
many untapped, rich
and inspiring
accounts of the
positive. In AI, the
arduous task of
intervention gives
way to the speed of
imagination and
innovation; instead
of negation,
criticism and
spiraling diagnosis,
there is discovery,
dream and design.
Link the energy of
this core directly
to any change agenda
and changes never
thought possible are
suddenly and
democratically
mobilized.
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The Centre for
Confidence and
Well-Being
www.centreforconfidence.co.uk
The Centre for
Confidence and
Well-Being’s mission
is to help bring
about a
transformation in
Scottish culture so
that it supports
more positive
attitudes,
confidence,
individuality,
creativity and
innovation,
recognition of
success, and
well-being. The
Centre’s work
focuses on research
and interventions on
confidence and
well-being and
related attitudes
such as optimism,
resilience and
emotional
intelligence.
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CRITEOS
web.hec.ca/criteos/
CRITEOS is a
research center for
the study of work,
health, and
organizational
effectiveness. Its
primary goal is to
promote work as an
essential activity
in the development
of people,
organizations and
society through the
advancement of
organizational
effectiveness and
people's health.
CRITEOS, like POS,
is interested in
multi-level linkages
between individuals
and organizations
toward the goal of
increased human and
system-level
thriving.
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The Greater Good Science Center
peacecenter.berkeley.edu
The Greater Good Science Center is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to
the scientific understanding of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social
bonds, and altruistic behavior. By studying individuals and their relationships, we
aim to promote well-being in society as a whole.
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HeartMath LLC
www.heartmath.org
HeartMath LLC aims
to improve people's
performance and
well-being at work
through the
development of
programs that help
people cope with the
chaos of modern
life. Its work is
focused on
understanding
connections between
emotions, rhythms of
the heart and brain
function. HeartMath
is offering free
public services to
help America in this
time of crisis. The
free services are
listed on their
homepage. In
addition, they also
are offering a
special program for
organizations called
"Easing the Pain."
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HuMaNet
www.humanetwork.org
Humanet is a research based and implementation oriented network of humanistically oriented researchers and practitioners. We focus on creating a “life-serving” economy that centers around human needs and not “system needs”. In the spirit of POS, we promote research and implementation frameworks that enable humans to thrive in organizations and society.
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The Institute for
Research on
Unlimited Love
www.unlimitedloveinstitute.org
The Institute for
Research on
Unlimited Love is an
independent
nonprofit entity
currently located at
the School of
Medicine of Case
Western Reserve
University. It seeks
to encourage,
support and
disseminate the
highest level of
scientific research
on unlimited love in
all of its
expressions to
enhance
understanding of
human altruistic
capacities. The
Institute also seeks
to provide a forum
that both enhances
scientific progress
and increases
dialogue across
disciplines (i.e.,
between science, the
humanities and
religious thought),
and provide a public
forum for the
consideration of
alternatives to
images of human
nature that
highlight unloving
tendencies such as
selfishness, hatred
and violence.
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Positive
Psychology Center
www.positivepsychology.org
The Positive
Psychology Center is
a not-for-profit
organization
committed to the
discovery and
application of
psychological
knowledge acquired
in scientific
research to solve
real-world problems,
alleviate suffering
and help individuals
and institutions
achieve a high
quality of life.
This Web site has a
particular focus on
positive psychology,
a new field focused
on developing an
understanding of
character strengths
and civic virtues.
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