Healing HRM through Positive Psychology: An Outlook

Abstract

The aim of this paper is first, to review and understand major modern HRM challenges in India, secondly, to argue that the underlying ailment is the way organizations and employees respond to these challenges, and lastly to discuss how positive psychology can play a healing role. The paper describes how major issues faced by HRM can be addressed by adopting the tenets of positive psychology to align HR with the changes that are happening in the workplace and the economy. Further, it is explained that resilience, subjective well-being, hope and optimism would be able to demonstrate as a utilitarian capacity to accommodate emerging trends. The paper suggests a fundamental rethink to HRM issues and offers application of positive psychology as a feasible solution. This paper could be useful to design HR policies and interventions in a more thoughtful manner. It is revealed that positive psychology has the potential to make a difference and thus, more empirical research is suggested.