Positive Organizational Scholarship

Media Coverage, Podcasts, and Multimedia

Human Flourishing and Wellbeing with Jane Dutton hosted by Darrin Tulley, Live Your Possible Podcast, May 31, 2023.

Unleashing the Path to Flourishing Within Organizations Part 2, The Happiness Squad Podcast, May 23, 2023.

Unleashing the Path to Flourishing Within Organizations Part 1, The Happiness Squad Podcast, May 23, 2023.

Learn with Sue podcast - 'In Conversation' with Jane Dutton hosted by Sue Langley, November 27, 2022.

Leaders for Humanity Podcast - Positive Organisational Scholarship: From Suffering to Flourishing! hosted by Antoinette Weibel and Otti Vogt, Good Organisations, July 8, 2022.

SCP Podcast - Positive Organizational Psychology hosted by Dr. Patti Weiter, organizational psychologist, July 1, 2022.

The Jungle Podcast #23 - Positive Organizational Scholarship hosted by Doug Lepisto and Derrick McIver, Co-Directors of the Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy at the WMU Haworth College of Business, December 15, 2020.

Motivated to Lead Podcast - Helping You Become a Better Leader hosted by Mark Klingsheim, September 2020.

The Good Guys Win. Live Happy Magazine, November 18, 2013.

Why Your Boss Cares If You're Happy. Fast Company, September 16, 2013.


"Becoming a Flourishing University" Address to Erasmus University, Rotterdam, in receipt of an Honorary Degree, November 6, 2020.

"How to Make the Most of Online Meetings" Mini lecture at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, November 4, 2020. 

"Explanation of the Flourishing Triangle”, August, 2020.

"Coping with COVID" Positive Voices, Interview with Larry King and James Pawelski, May, 2020.

Positive Organizational Scholarship Conference Interview with the Founders of Positive Organizational Scholarship at the Positive Organizational Scholarship,  June 2019.

"Using the Flourishing Triangle to Build A Great Place to Work" Positive Business Conference, May 2016.

"Talking Management" McGill University, November 8, 2013.

Publications and Blogs

Murray, J., & Tschetter, A. On Work and Well-Being: A Conversation With Jane Dutton, PhD. MAPP Magazine, March 26, 2024.

Carlsen, A., Dutton, J., & Godwin, L. N. Coming Alive as Researchers: A Generative Conversation with Drs Arne Carlsen and Jane Dutton. AI Practioner, 26(1): 18–26, February 2024.

Waters, L., Algoe, S. B., Dutton, J., Emmons, R., Fredrickson, B. L., Heaphy, E., Moskowitz, J. T., Neff, K., Niemiec, R., Pury, C., & Steger, M. Positive Psychology in a Pandemic: Buffering, Bolstering, and Building Mental Health, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-21. 2021

Sonenshein, S.J.K DeCelles and J. Dutton. It Is Not Easy Being Green: The Role of Self-Evaluations in Explaining Support for Environmental Issues. Academy of Management Journal, Feb., 2014.

Sonenshein, S., J. Dutton, A. Grant, G. Spreitzer and K. Sutcliffe. Growing at Work: Employees’ Interpretations of Progressive Self-Change at Work. Organization Science, 24, 2, 552-570, 2013.

Grant. A. and J. Dutton. Beneficiary or Benefactor, Are People More Prosocial When They Reflect on Receiving or Giving,  Psychological Science, 23: 1033-1039, 2012.

Dutton, J. E. , L.M. Roberts and J. Bednar. Pathways for Positive Identity Construction at Work: Four Types of Positive Identity and the Building of Social Resources. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 265-293, 2010. Academy of Management Review.

Fredrickson, B.L., J.E. Dutton. Editorial: Unpacking Positive Organizing: Organizations as Sites of Individual and Group Flourishing. The Journal of Positive Psychology, January 2008, 3:1, 1-3.

Heaphy, E.D., J. Dutton. Positive Social Interactions and the Human Body at Work: Linking Organizations and Physiology. Academy of Management Review, 2008, 33:1, 137-162.

Rhee, S.Y., J. Dutton and R. Bagozzi. Making Sense of Organizational Actions in Response to Tragedy: Virtue Frames, Organizational Identification and Organizational Attachment. Journal of Management, Religion and Spirituality, 2006, 3, 34-59.

Morgan, L., G. Spreitzer, J. Dutton, R. Quinn, E. Heaphy, and B. Barker. How to Play to Your Strengths (link to purchase), Harvard Business Review, January 2005.

Spreitzer, G., K. Sutcliffe, J. Dutton, S. Sonenshein, and A. Grant. A Socially Embedded Model of Thriving at Work, Organization Science, Sept-Oct. 16, 5:537-549, 2005.

Roberts. L.M., J. Dutton. G. Spreitzer and E.D. Heaphy. Composing the Reflected Best Self-Portrait: Building Pathways for Becoming Extraordinary in Work Organizations, Academy of Management Review, 30, 4, 712-736, 2005.

Cameron, K., J. Dutton, R. Quinn and S. Bernstein. Positive Organizational Scholarship: Meet the Movement, Journal of Management Inquiry, f12, 3, 266-271, 2003.

Dutton, J. Breathing Life into Organizational Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, 12. 1-19, 2003. Winner of “Breaking the Mold” Award for Best Paper in the Journal of Management Inquiry for 2003.

Edited Books & Chapters

Dutton, J., Golden-Biddle, K. and E. Feldman. The Call: Why a Book Now on Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations? In K. Golden-Biddle and J. Dutton (Eds.), Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organization, Psychology Press, 2012.

Dutton, J., Golden-Biddle, K. and E. Feldman. The Response: What Does This Book Contribute to the Understanding of Social Change and Organizations? In K. Golden-Biddle and J. Dutton (Eds.), Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organization, Psychology Press, 2012.

Dutton, J., L. Roberts and J. Bednar. Prosocial Practices, Positive Identity, and Flourishing at Work.  In S. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi and J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied Positive Psychology: Improving Everyday Life, Schools, Work, Health, and Society, New York: Routledge, 2011.

A. Carlsen and J.E. Dutton. Introduction, Seeing, Feeling, Daring, Interrlating and Playing: Exploring Themes in Generative Moments and Come Alive. In A. Carlsen and J.E. Dutton (Eds.), Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research (Copenhagen Business School Press) 2011.

Dutton, J.E. and M. Glynn. Positive Organizational Scholarship. In C. Cooper and J. Barling (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational Behavior (Los Angeles: Sage Publications), 2008, 693-711.

Dutton, J.E. and S. Sonenshein. Positive Organizational Scholarship. In S. Lopez (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing), 2009, 737-742.

Dutton, J., M. Glynn and G. Spreitzer. Positive Organizational Scholarship. In J. Greenhaus and G. Callanan (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Career Development (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers), 2006, 641-644.

Cameron, K. J. Dutton and R.E. Quinn. Foundations of Positive Organizational Scholarship. In  K. Cameron, J. Dutton and R.E. Quinn (Eds.) Positive Organizational Scholarship (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers), 2003, 3-13.

Cameron, K., J. Dutton, R.E. Quinn and A. Wrzesniewski. Developing a Discipline of Positive Organizational Scholarship. In  K. Cameron, J. Dutton and R.E. Quinn (Eds.) Positive Organizational Scholarship (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers), 2003, 361-379. 

Dutton, J. One Scholar’s Garden: A Narrative of Renewal. In R.I. Stablein and P. Frost (Eds.) Renewing Our Research Practice: Lessons from Scholar’s Journeys (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press) 5-17, 2004.


How To Be A Positive Leader. Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer (Eds.) Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014. 

Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations. K. Golden-Biddle and Jane E. Dutton (eds.), Psychology Press, 2012.

Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. A. Carlsen and J.E. Dutton (Eds.) Copenhagen Business School Press, 2011. Read the Introductory chapter: "Research Alive: The Call for Generativity."

Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. L.M. Roberts and J.E. Dutton (Eds.) New York, NY: Routledge, 2009. Introduction / Concluding Chapter

Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation.  J. Dutton, B. Ragins (Eds.).  Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc., 2006.

Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline.  K. Cameron, J. Dutton and R.E. Quinn (Eds.)  San Francisco:   Berrett- Koehler Publishers, 2003.

No Limits to Cooperation: The Organizational Dimensions of Global Change.  D. Cooperrider and J. Dutton (Eds.)  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999.