POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION
Personnel PsychologyPublished 1 September 2007
Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio, James B. Avey, Steven M. Norman
Citations4,647
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.41
SNIP3.58
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
Two studies were conducted to analyze how hope, resilience, optimism, and efficacy individually and as a composite higher‐order factor predicted work performance and satisfaction. Results from Study 1 provided psychometric support for a new survey measure designed to assess each of these 4 facets, as well as a composite factor. Study 2 results indicated a significant positive relationship regarding the composite of these 4 facets with performance and satisfaction. Results from Study 2 also indicated that the composite factor may be a better predictor of performance and satisfaction than the 4 individual facets. Limitations and practical implications conclude the article.
Keywords
PsychologyBusiness, Management and Accounting
Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary JournalCutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
105,395 Citations1999Li‐tze Hu, Peter M. Bentler
Journal of Applied PsychologyCommon method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.
76,604 Citations2003Philip M. Podsakoff, Scott MacKenzie +2 more
The extent to which method biases influence behavioral research results is examined, potential sources of method biases are identified, the cognitive processes through which method bias influence responses to measures are discussed, the many different procedural and statistical techniques that can be used to control method biases is evaluated, and recommendations for how to select appropriate procedural and Statistical remedies are provided.
Principles and practice of structural equation modeling
36,205 Citations2015Rex B. Kline
The book aims to provide the skills necessary to begin to use SEM in research and to interpret and critique the use of method by others.
American PsychologistEmerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties.
15,348 Citations2000Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Motivation and Personality
15,228 Citations1997
Perspectives on Sexuality Sex Research - an Overview Part 1.
American PsychologistThe role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
14,315 Citations2001Barbara L. Fredrickson
The theory and findings suggest that the capacity to experience positive emotions may be a fundamental human strength central to the study of human flourishing.
Journal of Occupational PsychologyThe measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organization
11,520 Citations1990Natalie J. Allen, John P. Meyer
Handbook of Positive Psychology
9,096 Citations2001
Personnel PsychologyTHE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A META‐ANALYSIS
8,699 Citations1991Murray R. Barrick, Michael K. Mount
Journal of Research in PersonalityA very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains
8,290 Citations2003Samuel D. Gosling, Peter J. Rentfrow +1 more
Academy of Management JournalPSYCHOLOGICAL, EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION.
6,243 Citations1995Gretchen M. Spreitzer
American PsychologistPositive Psychology Progress: Empirical Validation of Interventions.
5,900 Citations2005Martin E. P. Seligman, Tracy A. Steen +2 more
In a 6-group, random-assignment, placebo-controlled Internet study, the authors found that 3 of the interventions lastingly increased happiness and decreased depressive symptoms.
American PsychologistOrdinary magic: Resilience processes in development.
5,675 Citations2001Ann S. Masten
Health PsychologyOptimism, coping, and health: Assessment and implications of generalized outcome expectancies.
5,193 Citations1985Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver
Psychological BulletinNegative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states.
4,543 Citations1984David Watson, Lee Anna Clark
A number of apparently diverse personality scales—variously called trait anxiety, neuroticism, ego strength, general maladjustment, repression-sensitization, and social desirability—are reviewed and are shown to be in fact measures of the same stable and pervasive trait.
Review of General PsychologySocial and Psychological Resources and Adaptation
4,211 Citations2002Stevan E. Hobfoll
Journal of the American Statistical AssociationMeasurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach.
4,066 Citations1992Sandra G. Funk, Elazar J. Pedhazur +1 more
Psychological ReportsThe Self-Efficacy Scale: Construction and Validation
4,005 Citations1982Mark Sherer, James E. Maddux +4 more
PubMedDevelopment and psychometric evaluation of the Resilience Scale.
3,766 Citations1993Gail Wagnild, Heather M. Young
The development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Resilience Scale in a sample of 810 community-dwelling older adults support the internal consistency reliability and concurrent validity of the RS as an instrument to measure resilience.
Psychological InquiryTARGET ARTICLE: Hope Theory: Rainbows in the Mind
3,540 Citations2002C. R. Snyder
Psychological BulletinSelf-efficacy and work-related performance: A meta-analysis.
3,499 Citations1998Alexander D. Stajković, Fred Luthans
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyDevelopment and validation of the State Hope Scale.
3,387 Citations1996C. R. Snyder, Susie C. Sympson +4 more
The present 4 studies were designed to develop and validate a measure of state hope and offer a brief, internally consistent, and valid self-report measure of ongoing goal-directed thinking that may be useful to researchers and applied professionals.
Journal of Applied PsychologyRelationship of core self-evaluations traits—self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability—with job satisfaction and job performance: A meta-analysis.
3,338 Citations2001Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono
Meta-analytic results of the relationship of 4 traits--self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability (low neuroticism) with job satisfaction and job performance suggest that these traits are among the best dispositional predictors of job satisfactionand job performance.
Journal of Research in PersonalityThe international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures
3,202 Citations2005Lewis R. Goldberg, John A. Johnson +5 more
Journal of Occupational and Organizational PsychologyRe‐examining the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the Multifactor Leadership
2,995 Citations1999Bruce J. Avolio, Bernard M. Bass +1 more
Journal of Organizational BehaviorThe need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior
2,979 Citations2002Fred Luthans
Journal of ManagementA Review of Scale Development Practices in the Study of Organizations
2,895 Citations1995Timothy R. Hinkin
Journal of Vocational BehaviorAffective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to the Organization: An Examination of Construct Validity
2,882 Citations1996Natalie J. Allen, John P. Meyer
Although some empirical questions remain at issue, the overall results strongly support the continued use of the scales in substantive research.
Journal of Applied PsychologyNegative self-efficacy and goal effects revisited.
2,709 Citations2003Albert Bandura, Edwin A. Locke
Converging evidence from diverse methodological and analytic strategies verifies that perceived self-efficacy and personal goals enhance motivation and performance attainments.
Psychological SciencePositive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being
2,625 Citations2002Barbara L. Fredrickson, Thomas E. Joiner
Findings provide prospective evidence to support the prediction that positive emotions initiate upward spirals toward enhanced emotional well-being.
Journal of Clinical PsychologyThe metatheory of resilience and resiliency
2,476 Citations2002Glenn E. Richardson
Application of resilience using an educational and practical framework provides a means for connecting with and nurturing a client's resilience, which is the force that drives a person to grow through adversity and disruptions.
Personnel PsychologyTHE CORE SELF‐EVALUATIONS SCALE: DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE
1,969 Citations2003Timothy A. Judge, Amir Erez +2 more
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyWhat good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001.
1,864 Citations2003Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michele M. Tugade +2 more
It is suggested that positive emotions in the aftermath of crises buffer resilient people against depression and fuel thriving, consistent with the broaden-and-build theory.
Academy of Management PerspectivesPositive organizational behavior: Developing and managing psychological strengths
1,766 Citations2002Fred Luthans
Organizational DynamicsHuman, Social, and Now Positive Psychological Capital Management:
1,739 Citations2004Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef
Journal of PersonalityPsychological Resilience and Positive Emotional Granularity: Examining the Benefits of Positive Emotions on Coping and Health
1,583 Citations2004Michele M. Tugade, Barbara L. Fredrickson +1 more
It is argued that the health benefits advanced by positive emotions may be instantiated in certain traits that are characterized by the experience of positive emotion, including psychological resilience and positive emotional granularity.
Journal of ManagementEmerging Positive Organizational Behavior
1,567 Citations2007Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef
Journal of Organizational BehaviorPsychological capital development: toward a micro‐intervention
1,460 Citations2006Fred Luthans, James B. Avey +3 more
Academy of Management ReviewLevels Issues in Theory Development, Data Collection, and Analysis
1,430 Citations1994Katherine J. Klein, Fred Dansereau +1 more
Journal of Applied PsychologyFive-factor model of personality and transformational leadership.
1,292 Citations2000Timothy A. Judge, Joyce E. Bono
Results indicated that specific facets of the Big 5 traits predicted transformational leadership less well than the general constructs and predicted a number of outcomes reflecting leader effectiveness, controlling for the effect of transactional leadership.
Academy of Management JournalSELF-CONCORDANCE AT WORK: TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS.
1,225 Citations2003Joyce E. Bono, Timothy A. Judge
A Primer in Positive Psychology
1,224 Citations2006Christopher Peterson
Resilience in Development
1,207 Citations2009Ann S. Masten, J. J. Cutuli +2 more
Journal of Applied PsychologyEnhancing role breadth self-efficacy: The roles of job enrichment and other organizational interventions.
1,136 Citations1998Sharon K. Parker
The longitudinal analysis showed that increased job enrichment and increased quality of communication predicted the development of greater self-efficacy.
Oxford University Press eBooksPsychological Capital
1,030 Citations2006Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef +1 more
Academy of Management ReviewToward A Taxonomy of Multidimensional Constructs
951 Citations1998Kenneth S. Law, Chi‐Sum Wong +1 more
A taxonomy of multidimensional constructs based on the relations between the construct and its dimensions is proposed, which calls constructs formed as algebraic functions of their dimensions aggregate model, whereas construct formed as different profiles of dimensional characteristics the authors term profile model.
Academy of Management Learning and EducationExperimental Analysis of a Web-Based Training Intervention to Develop Positive Psychological Capital
887 Citations2008Fred Luthans, James B. Avey +1 more
American PsychologistWhy positive psychology is necessary.
879 Citations2001Kennon M. Sheldon, Laura King
A definition of positive psychology is provided and it is suggested that psychologists should try to cultivate a more appreciative perspective on human nature to improve their understanding of typical and successful human functioning.
Positive Organizational Scholarship
853 Citations2008Jane E. Dutton, Mary Ann Glynn
Journal of Applied PsychologyRelationship of core self-evaluations to goal setting, motivation, and performance.
723 Citations2001Amir Erez, Timothy A. Judge
A newly developed personality taxonomy suggests that self-esteem, locus of control, generalized self-efficacy, and neuroticism form a broad personality trait termed core self-evaluations that is related to motivation and performance.
Journal of Clinical PsychologyThe hope construct, will, and ways: Their relations with self-efficacy, optimism, and general well-being
678 Citations1999Philip R. Magaletta, J. M. Oliver
Results of multiple regression analyses predicting well-being indicated that hope taken as a whole predicts unique variance independent of self-efficacy and optimism, while will, ways, self- efficacy, and optimism are related but not identical constructs.
Cultivate Self‐efficacy for Personal and Organizational Effectiveness
632 Citations2012Albert Bandura
Journal of Business VenturingThe relationship between entrepreneurship and marketing in established firms
520 Citations1987Michael H. Morris, Gordon W. Paul
Journal of Applied PsychologyA meta-analytic review of predictors of job performance for salespeople.
496 Citations1998Andrew J. Vinchur, Jeffery S. Schippmann +2 more
Human PerformanceEmotional Stability, Core Self-Evaluations, and Job Outcomes: A Review of the Evidence and an Agenda for Future Research
440 Citations2004Timothy A. Judge, A.E.M. van Vianen +1 more
A review of research on core self-evaluations, a broad personality trait indicated by 4 more narrow traits: self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and emotional stability, and the development and validation of the first direct measure of the concept, the Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES).
Journal of Social and Clinical PsychologyDistinguishing Hope and Optimism: Two Sides of a Coin, or Two Separate Coins?
409 Citations2004Fred B. Bryant, Jamie A. Cvengros
American PsychologistIn search of realistic optimism: Meaning, knowledge, and warm fuzziness.
367 Citations2001Sandra L. Schneider
This critique reveals how positive psychology may benefit from a focus on personal meaning and knowledge as they relate to making the most of life.
Journal of Leadership & Organizational StudiesPotential Added Value of Psychological Capital in Predicting Work Attitudes
355 Citations2006Milan D. Larson, Fred Luthans
Leadership & Organization Development JournalThe positive impact and development of hopeful leaders
323 Citations2003Suzanne J. Peterson, Fred Luthans
Personality and Individual DifferencesThe hierarchy of consistency: A review and model of longitudinal findings on adult individual differences in intelligence, personality and self-opinion
323 Citations1984James J. Conley
Human Resource Development ReviewHope: A New Positive Strength for Human Resource Development
320 Citations2002Fred Luthans, Susan M. Jensen
Positive Organizational Behavior
277 Citations2007Debra L. Nelson, Cary L. Cooper
Journal of managerial issuesRelationship between Entrepreneurs' Psychological Capital and Their Authentic Leadership
273 Citations2006Susan M. Jensen, Fred Luthans
Journal of Leadership & Organizational StudiesPotential Added Value of Psychological Capital in Predicting Work Attitudes
263 Citations2006Milan D. Larson, Fred Luthans
Positive Psychology at Work
252 Citations2001Nick Turner, Julian Barling +1 more
WorkConstruct validities and the empirical relationships between optimism, hope, self-efficacy, and locus of control
149 Citations2002James Carifio, Lauren Rhodes
The trait-state two factor structure of Synder's Hope scale was found except the structure was orthogonal in at-risk students as opposed to the oblique structure Synder found in normals, which supports the results found by Bandalos et al.
The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business ManagementThe High impact leader: Moments matter in accelerating authentic leadership development
136 Citations2008Jeremias J. de Klerk
Social Indicators ResearchStability and change in subjective well-being over short time periods
103 Citations1992Kerry Chamberlain, Sheryl Zika
Experimental Aging ResearchStability and Change in Optimism: A Study among Spouse Caregivers
90 Citations1995Kim Shifren, Karen Hooker
The extent to which caregivers for spouses with probable Alzheimer's disease show lability in optimism and the relationship between caregivers' level of state optimism and level of affect was explored and individual differences in lead-lag relationships between optimism and affect over time are found.
…