Psychological capital development: toward a micro-intervention

By Fred Luthans, James Avey, Bruce J. Avolio, Steven M. Norman, Gwendolyn M. Combs. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2006

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After first providing the meaning of psychological capital (PsyCap), we present a micro-intervention to develop it. Drawn from hope, optimism, efficacy, and resiliency development, this PsyCap Intervention (PCI) is shown to have preliminary support for not only increasing participants' PsyCap, but also financial impact and high return on investment. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Safety Research

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The influence of instructor support, family support and psychological capital on the well-being of postgraduate students: a moderated mediation model (2017, background): “Just as in the organizational context where researchers have found that micro PsyCap interventions lasting up to three hours (Luthans et al. 2006) and on-line training interventions (Luthans, Avey, and Patera 2008) increase participants’ PsyCap, our findings suggests that PsyCap can be”
Workplace happiness, well-being and their relationship with psychological capital: A study of Hungarian Teachers (2019, background): “This notion includes building upon existing resources and strengths that individuals possess such as optimism, hope, resilience, or gratitude, that can help to sustain good mental health (Seligman et al. 2005; Peterson and Seligman 2004; Luthans et al. 2006).”
Positive organizational psychology, behavior, and scholarship: A review of the emerging literature and evidence base (2010, background): “It has also been found that PsyCap can be developed through short training sessions or a short web-based training (Luthans, Avey, Patera, 2008; Luthans et al., 2006).”
Optimism predicting employees' creativity: The mediating role of positive affect and the positivity ratio (2012, background): “The finding has valuable practical implications considering that state optimism can be developed through management actions (Luthans, Avey, Avolio, Norman, & Combs, 2006 ; Luthans & Youssef, 2004 ; Luthans, Youssef, & Avolio, 2007 ).”
Exploring the relationship between entrepreneurial resilience and success: The moderating role of stakeholders' engagement (2020, background): “As anticipated, resilience at an individual level has been conceptualized as a factor of psychological capital (Luthans et al. 2006).”
Mediating Role of Psychological Capital in the Relationship between Social Support and Wellbeing of Refugees (2018, result): “Second, to the extent that wellbeing and workplace performance are strongly related (Erdogan et al., 2012), our results imply that micro-interventions (e.g. Luthans et al. 2006) and online interventions (eg.”
How do resilience and self-efficacy relate to entrepreneurial intentions in countries with varying degrees of fragility? A six-country study (2020, background): “Self-efficacy and resilience are both elements of psychological capital, that is, an individual’s positive psychological state and way of thinking (Luthans et al., 2006).”