Positive Organizational Scholarship  

ARTICLES

• Harbridge, R., Ivanitskaya, L., Spreitzer, G., & Boscart, V. (2023). Job crafting in registered nurses working in public health: A qualitative study. Applied Nursing Research, 64, Article 15156. 

• Bacevice, P., & Spreitzer, G. (2023). 'It's like, instant respect': Coworking spaces as identity anchoring environments in the new economy. New Technology, Work and Employment, 38(1), 59–81.

• Pavez, I., Godwin, L., & Spreitzer, G. (2021). Generative scholarship through prospective theorizing: Appreciating the roots and legacy of organization development and change to build a bright future. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 57(4), 459–470. 

• Hafenbrack, A., Cameron, L., Spreitzer, G., Zhang, C., Noval, L., & Shaffakat, S. (2019). Helping people by being in the present: Mindfulness increases prosocial behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 159, 21–38.

• Spreitzer, G. Myers, C., Kopelman, S., & Mayer, D. (2019). The conceptual and empirical value of a positive lens: An invitation to organizational scholars to develop novel research questions. Academy of Management Perspectives, 35(3): 517–534. 

• Lam, C., Spreitzer, G., & Fritz, C. (2013). Too much of a good thing: Curvilinear effect of positive affect on proactive behaviors. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(4), 530–546.

• Stephens, J., Heaphy, E., Carmeli, A., Spreitzer, G., & Dutton, J. (2013). Relationship quality and virtuousness: Emotional carrying capacity as a source of individual and team resilience. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 49(1), 13–41.

• Sonenshein, S., Dutton, J., Grant, A., Spreitzer, G., & Sutcliffe, K. (2012). Growing at work: Employees' interpretations of progressive self-change in organizations. Organization Science, 24(2), 552–570.

• Spreitzer, G., Porath, C., & Gibson, C. (2012). Toward human sustainability: How to enable more thriving at work. Organizational Dynamics, 41(2), 155–162.

• Quinn, R., Spreitzer, G., & Lam, C. (2012). Building a sustainable model of human energy in organizations: Exploring the critical role of resources. Academy of Management Annals, 6(1), 337–396.

• Spreitzer, G., & Cameron, K. (2012). Applying a POS lens to bring out the best in organizations. Organization Dynamics, 41(2): 85–88.

• Porath, C., Spreitzer, G., Gibson, C., & Garnett, F. (2011). Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(2), 250–271.

• Fritz, C., Lam, C., & Spreitzer, G. (2011). It's the little things that matter: An examination of knowledge workers' energy management. Academy of Management Perspective, 25(3), 28–39.

• Wellman, N., & Spreitzer, G. (2010). Crafting scholarly life: Strategies for creating meaning in academic careers. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 32, 927–931.

• Carmeli, A., & Spreitzer, G. (2009). Trust, connectivity, and thriving: Implications for innovative behaviors at work. Journal of Creative Behavior, 43(3), 169–191.

• Spreitzer, G., Stephens, J., & Sweetman, D. (2009). The reflected best self field experiment with adolescent leaders: Exploring the psychological resources associated with feedback source and valence. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(5), 331–348.

• Spreitzer, G. (2007). Giving peace a chance: Organizational leadership, empowerment, and peace. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 28(8), 1077–1095.

• Spreitzer, G., Sutcliffe, K., Dutton, J., Sonenshein, S., & Grant, A. (2005). A socially embedded model of thriving at work. Organization Science, 16(5), 537–549.

• Roberts, L., Dutton, J., Spreitzer, G., Heaphy, E., & Quinn, R. (2005). Composing the reflected best self: Building pathways for becoming extraordinary in work organizations. Academy of Management Review, 30(4), 712–736.

• Roberts, L., Spreitzer, G., Dutton, J., Quinn, R., Heaphy, E., & Barker, Brianna (2005). How to play to your strengths. Harvard Business Review, 83(1), 75–80.

• Spreitzer, G., & Sonenshein, S. (2004). Toward the construct definition of positive deviance. American Behavioral Scientist, 77(6), 828–847.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Spreitzer, G., Bacevice, P., Hendricks H., Garrett, L. (2020). Community in the new world of work: Implications for organizational development and thriving. In Research in Organizational Change and Development (Vol. 28, pp. 77–101). Emerald Publishing.

• Spreitzer, G. (2017). Inspiring positive change: The paradoxical mind of Robert E. Quinn. In The Enduring Thoughts of the Thinkers of Organizational Change (pp. 1091–1108). Palgrave MacMillan. 

• Spreitzer, G., & Porath, C. (2013). Self-determination as nutriment for thriving: Building an integrative model of human growth at work. In The Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory (pp. 245–258). Oxford University Press.

• Spreitzer, G. (2013). Positive organizational scholarship. In Encyclopedia of Management Theory. SAGE Publications.

• Spreitzer, G., Lam, C., & Quinn, R. (2012). A review of human energy in organizations: Implications for positive organizational scholarship. In Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship (155–167). Oxford University Press. 

• Spreitzer, G. and Cameron, K. (2011). A path forward: Assessing progress and exploring core questions for the future of positive organizational scholarship. In The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship (pp. 1034–1048). Oxford University Press.

• Spreitzer, G. (2008). A note on 'the future of positive organizational scholarship'. In The SAGE Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organization (pp. 501–503). SAGE Publications. 

• Spreitzer, G., & Sutcliffe, K. (2007). Thriving in organizations. In Positive Organizational Behavior (pp. 74–85). SAGE Publications.

• Dutton, J., Glynn, M., & Spreitzer, G. (2006). Positive organizational scholarship. In Encyclopedia of Career Development. SAGE Publications.

• Quinn, R., & Spreitzer, G. (2006). Entering the fundamental state of leadership: A framework for the positive transformation of self and others. In Inspiring Leaders (pp. 67–83). Routledge.

• Spreitzer, G. & Sonenshein, S. (2003). Positive deviance and extraordinary organizing. In Positive Organizational Scholarship (pp. 207–224). Barrett-Koehler.