This study explores informal mentoring on outcome-based salesperson performance. Mentoring is believed to play an important role within corporations yet little empirical evidence exists on its impact on salesperson performance. The authors interviewed salespeople of an international insurance company regarding mentoring and sales performance....

This paper presents the lived experiences of eight women academics who were members of a Women’s Group Mentoring Program during a period of rapid change in a university environment. Using a qualitative approach integrated with a participatory action research method data was generated through the narratives of the group members....

Literature on meaning in work indicates that a sense of meaning in work is inherently subjective but impacted by different contexts. In the present paper these contexts are operationalized by three inter-related levels: individual work tasks and organizational....

This study investigates the role of applying the individual signature strengths at work for positive experiences at work (i.e. job satisfaction pleasure engagement and meaning) and calling. A sample of 111 employees from various occupations completed measures on character strengths positive experiences at work and calling....

The IOC is pleased to share books authored by our Fellows and Sponsors.   The ability to recruit the right people to work for you is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. ...

Positive psychology offers a number of tools that coaches can use with groups and individuals to raise job satisfaction and engagement....

Positive Psychology at Work

Dr. Martin Seligman talks about the scientific findings on optimistic people and how they are more enthusiastic and engaged at work.

Meaning in life is widely considered a cornerstone of human functioning but relatively little is known about the factors that influence judgments of meaning in life. Four studies examined positive affect (PA) and social relatedness as sources of information for meaning in life judgments....

It is claimed that the correlation between income and happiness is considerably weaker than people expect and recent research supports that contention....