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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive psychology approaches to public services leadership
T2 - An introduction to strengths-based leadership
AU - Linley, P A
AU - Govindji, R
AU - West, Michael
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - To readers of the popular press, the words ‘positive psychology’ may conjure up images of happiness gurus and people having their feet massaged, their heads resting peacefully on pink, fluffy clouds. But in this article, our aim is to demonstrate how the new science of positive psychology speaks powerfully to - and has much to contribute to - the development of leadership and the practices and processes of organisations, whether in the public or private sectors. Much of our work is concerned with the applications of this new field, and particularly with building strengths-based organisations. A key pillar of this work is around enabling strengths-based leadership, and provides our focus for this article.
AB - To readers of the popular press, the words ‘positive psychology’ may conjure up images of happiness gurus and people having their feet massaged, their heads resting peacefully on pink, fluffy clouds. But in this article, our aim is to demonstrate how the new science of positive psychology speaks powerfully to - and has much to contribute to - the development of leadership and the practices and processes of organisations, whether in the public or private sectors. Much of our work is concerned with the applications of this new field, and particularly with building strengths-based organisations. A key pillar of this work is around enabling strengths-based leadership, and provides our focus for this article.
KW - Leadership
KW - Positive psychology
KW - Public services
KW - Strengths-based leadership
U2 - 10.1108/17479886200700029
DO - 10.1108/17479886200700029
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 44
EP - 55
JO - International Journal of Leadership in Public Services
JF - International Journal of Leadership in Public Services
SN - 2042-8642
IS - 4
ER -