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The Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship is committed to advancing research in the emerging field of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS). This Web site is both a medium of communication for the Center for POS, and a learning and networking community for POS scholars and practitioners worldwide. We also welcome anyone who is interested in learning about this emerging field.

For more information or to contribute to our community, please contact positiveorg@umich.edu.

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Work, Learn, and Contribute	Recent Books, Special Issues, Cases, and Tools	Other Highlights

Happiness and Its Causes - Sydney, Australia, May 14-15, 2009	Happiness and Its Causes 2008 - San Francisco, November 24-25, 2008.	Positive Psychology Forum - Washington, D.C., November 19, 2008.
Call for papers - Special issue on Positive Organizational Scholarship - Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. Submission deadline: October 1, 2008	Connecting the Dots Conference- Ann Arbor, MI, October 14, 2008. Featuring keynote address "How to Thrive and Stay Healthy in a World of Non-Stop Change" from Dr. Al Siebert, Director of The Resiliency Center.	The 2nd Annual Happy Healthy Lawyers: The Business Case for Happiness- Ann Arbor, MI, October 24, 2008.	More Upcoming POS-Related Conferences

Special Issue on Contexts of Positive Organizational Behavior. J Organ Behav, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2008.	NEW - Job Crafting Suite of Products: Job Crafting Exercise Crafting a Fulfilling Job: Bringing Passion Into Work (teaching case) Job Crafting at Burt's Bees (teaching case) What is Job Crafting and Why Does It Matter? (theory-to-practice briefing)	Forthcoming in 2009 - The Center for POS recently hosted a book-building conference for Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation.
Special Issue on Positive Organizational Change - J Appl Behav Sci, Vol 44, No. 1, March 2008.	NEW! Introducing the theory-to-practice briefing. This new tool developed by the Center for POS is useful for future or present managers. Our first offering is What is Job Crafting and Why Does It Matter? which is part of our new Job Crafting Suite of Products.	Review of Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (Jane E. Dutton & Belle Rose Ragins, eds.) in Admin Sci Quart, Vol 53, No. 1, 2008.
Special Issue on Positive Organizing. J Pos Psych, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008.	Special Issue on Contexts of Positive Organizational Behavior. J Organ Behav, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2008.	New book from Kim Cameron - Positive Leadership. Berrett-Koehler 2008.

Center for POS announces new $5000 research award for the best published scholarly article in POS. Deadline: September 1, 2008.	Positive Words Still Work the Best - Interview with Gretchen Spreitzer on the RBS Exercise in the Australian Financial Review, Mar 11 2008	How Business Can Save the World - Boston Globe article on study by Center for POS's Gretchen Spreitzer, which compares detailed measures of employee workplace empowerment with broader measures about the quality of civic life.
Center for POS - The First Five Years 2002-2007 - Our first retrospective report - A brief slide show