Positive Psychological Capital Research Articles

Positive Organizational Practices, Life Satisfaction, and Psychological Capital in the Public and Private Sectors

Public and private sector employees confronted stressful life circumstances that affected the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, new knowledge on possible psychological and organizational resources is needed. This study aimed to explore positive organizational practices, psychological capital, and life satisfaction of employees in the public and private sectors. The survey applied the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire—PCQ-24, validated in the Lithuanian population (the Lith-PCQ-21), and the Positive Organizational Practices Questionnaire. The sample consisted of 582 employees, including 443 public sector and 139 private sector employees. The respondents’ mean age was 42.0981 years (SD = 13.23083). The CFA results confirmed the six-factor structure of positive organizational practices, χ2 = 270,884.785; Df = 406; CFI = 0.996; TLI = 0.996; NFI = 0.995; RMSEA = 0.074 [0.070–0.078]; SRMR = 0.043, the four-factor structure of psychological capital, χ2 = 32,780.109; Df = 190; CFI = 0.983; TLI = 0.980; NFI = 0.978; RMSEA = 0.082 [0.076–0.088]; SRMR = 0.067, and one factor structure of life satisfaction, χ2 = 10,588.246; Df = 10; CFI = 0.999; TLI = 0.999; NFI = 0.999; RMSEA = 0.022 [0.000–0.066]; SRMR = 0.014. The findings revealed that private sector employees demonstrated higher scores of dignity, support, care, forgiveness, and overall positive organizational practices than public sector employees. Private sector employees demonstrated higher optimism scores than public sector employees, and public sector employees demonstrated higher self-efficacy scores than private sector employees. Male employees demonstrated significantly higher scores on dignity, meaning, and forgiveness than females. Significant positive correlations were found between age and resilience, care and age, care and number of working years, care and number of working years in the current organization. Psychological capital mediated the link between positive organizational practices and life satisfaction. Positive organizational practices were linked to life satisfaction and psychological capital in both employees’ groups, but the features of links were distinctive in the public and private sectors. These results signify the importance of positive organizational practices and psychological capital for the life satisfaction of employees.

The Influence of Risk Perception of Respiratory Infections, Infection Control Fatigue and Positive Psychological Capital on Burnout of Nurses Caring Respiratory Infection Patients

The Influence of Risk Perception of Respiratory Infections, Infection Control Fatigue and Positive Psychological Capital on Burnout of Nurses Caring Respiratory Infection Patients

Mediating Role of Positive Psychological Capital in The Effect of Perceived Organizational Support on Work Engagement

This research is to determine whether positive psychological capital has an effect on a perceived organizational support on work engagement. The study was designed with a quantitative research method and survey technique. The survey form created for the study was sent to the participants online. In this way, 314 surveys convenient for the analysis were obtained and the analyzes were carried out through these surveys. A positive and moderate relationship was found among perceived organizational s

Impact of Organizational Justice on Job Performance among Teachers of Private Sector Universities, Pakistan: Authentic Leadership and Psychological Capital as Mediators

Impact of Organizational Justice on Job Performance among Teachers of Private Sector Universities, Pakistan: Authentic Leadership and Psychological Capital as Mediators

Effects of Positive Psychological Capital, Job Crafting and Job Satisfaction on Intention of Retention in Hospital Nurses

Effects of Positive Psychological Capital, Job Crafting and Job Satisfaction on Intention of Retention in Hospital Nurses

대학 팀 운동선수들의 긍정심리자본과 선수만족, 팀 분위기의 관계

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between positive psychological capital, athlete satisfaction, and team atmosphere for university athletes. To accomplish the purpose of this study, a total of 342 university athletes in Seoul and Gyeonggi provinces were sampled for convenience, and data were collected using positive psychological capital, athlete satisfaction, and team atmosphere measurement tools. The results are as follows. First, the correlation between positive psychological capital, athlet e satisfaction, and team atmosphere was statistically (＋)correlated with most sub factors. Second, as a result of structural equation model analysis, positive psychological capital has a statistically significant influence on athlete satisfaction, team atmosphere. Also athlete satisfaction has a statistically significant influence on team atmosphere. Based on this, positive psychological capital of athletes of university team was identified as variables influencing athlete satisfaction and team atmosphere. This study examined the relationship between positive psychological capital, athlete satisfaction, and team atmosphere. Therefore, through this study, the relationship between positive psychological capital, player satisfaction, and team atmosphere was verified, and it is believed that it can be used as data to emphasize and use the importance of positive psychology to athletes and leaders in the sports field.

The Effect of the Positive Psychological Capital and Learning Flow of Nursing Students on their Academic Engagement

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the positive psychological capital and learning flow of nursing students on their academic engagement. Methods : The data were collected from 250 nursing students in a college located J city from August 1st to August 30th, 2021. Data from 236 sheets were finally analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 21 program. Results : The analysis found that positive psychological capital, learning flow and academic engagement showed no significant difference regardless of some general characteristics like gender, grade and age but did show a significant difference based on the last semester academic score. Positive psychological capital turned out to have significantly positive correlations with learning flow and academic engagement. Between the latter two variables, positive correlations existed with significance. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that self-efficacy(β＝.46, p＜.001) related to positive psychological capital and learning flow(β＝.17, p＝.005) accounted for 38.3% of the variance in predicting the level of academic engagement. Conclusions : It is necessary to develop an education program to strengthen the self-efficacy of nursing students which is related to their positive psychological capital.

An Analysis of Positive Psychological Capital's Mediating Effect in Impact of Kindergarten Director’s Servant Leadership on Kindergarten Teacher’s Happiness

목적 본 연구는 유치원장의 서번트리더십과 유아교사 행복감 관계에서 긍정심리자본의 매개효과를 검증하는데 목적을 두었다. 방법 본 연구를 위해 경상남도 J시에 소재한 사립유치원에 근무 중인 유아교사 278명을 연구대상으로 선정하여 2020년 5월 18일부터 22일까지 5일 동안 e-mail을 통한 설문조사를 수행하였다. 수집된 설문 자료는 SPSS 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도분석, Cronbach’s α, 독립표본 t 검증, Pearson의 적률상관계수, 중다회귀분석, 공차(Tolerance), 분산팽창지수(Variance Inflation Factor, VIF), 상관계수를 실시하여 자료를 분석하였다. 결과 분석 결과를 살펴보면, 첫째, 법인 유치원의 교사가 민간 유치원의 교사보다 서번트리더십과 긍정심리자본을 높게 인식하였고, 6학급 이상의 유아교사가 5학급 이하의 유아교사보다 행복감을 높게 인식하였다. 둘째, 원장의 서번트리더십, 유아교사의 긍정심리자본은 교사 행복감에 유의한 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 원장의 서번트리더십과 유아교사 행복감 관계에서 긍정심리자본의 부분매개효과는 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 결론 본 연구는 교사의 행복감이 유아교육의 질과 밀접한 관련성이 있다는 전제하에 교사의 행복감을 증진하기 위해 원장의 서번트리더십과 유아교사의 긍정심리자본을 함양할 수 있는 방안을 적극적으로 검토하여 이를 현장에 적용할 필요가 있음을 시사해주고 있다.

A Study on the Influence of Social Media Addiction of College Students on Learning Commitment: Focusing on the mediating effect of positive psychological capital

연구의 목적은 대학생의 SNS중독으로 인한 문제를 해결하는 방안을 찾고자 전문대학교 대학생의 SNS중독이 학습몰입에 미치는 영향에서 SNS중독을 완화시킬 수 있는 요인인 긍정심리자본의 매개효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 경기도 3개 전문대학(K대, O대, J대)에 재학 중 대학생들을 250명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구기간은 2021년 8월 1일부터 8월 31일까지 설문을 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 통계프로그램인 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과 다음과 같이 나타났다. 첫째, 대학생의 SNS중독은 학습몰입에 영향을 미치는지를 검증하기 위한 상관관계분석에서 학습몰입은 긍정심리자본의 자기효능감, 복원력, 낙관주의와 (+)정적으로 유의한 상관을 보인다. 둘째, 대학생의 SNS중독과 학습몰입의 관계에서 자기효능감과 낙관주의는 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 복원력과 희망은 2단계에서 SNS중독과의 관계에서 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 연구결과에 따라서 사회문화환경의 발달로 대학생들은 SNS, 컴퓨터같은 첨단 매체도구에 쉽게 중독에 될 수밖에 없고, 학습부진에 빠질 수밖에 없다. 이러한 문제를 해결하는데 긍정심리자본의 자기효능감, 낙관주의를 높이는 것이 중요하므로 대학생의 긍정심리자본을 높이는 방안을 학교 당국에서 마련하는 것이 중요하다. ‘자신감’과 ‘성취감’을 고양할 수 있는 학습 및 진로프로그램을 기획하고 실천하는 것이 중요하다.

Using theories of human, social, structural, and positive psychological capital to explore the attrition of former public school practitioners

Decades of research have reinforced teacher attrition as a complex phenomenon. To capture the intricate nature of teacher attrition, Mason and Poyatos Matas (2015) proposed a theoretical framework comprised of four interacting theories: human capital, social capital, structural capital, and positive psychological capital. Using Mason and Poyatos Matas’ (2015) model, this qualitative phenomenological inquiry illuminates the essential meanings of attrition and retention phenomena as they are lived in the everyday lives of five former public school practitioners. Specifically, practitioners who worked in primary and secondary schools across urban, rural, and suburban contexts in the United States for five years or less. Together, findings from 20 interviews—four in-depth interviews with each participant—suggest that issues surrounding preservice education, practitioner autonomy, administrative accountability, shifting demographics, and unsustainable lifestyles were among salient factors of teacher exodus. In addition, an expansion to positive psychological capital theory is proposed to better understand how internal variables influence practitioners’ career trajectories.

Impact of Family Cohesion and Adaptability on Academic Burnout of Chinese College Students: Serial Mediation of Peer Support and Positive Psychological Capital.

This study aimed to explore the association between the functioning of family environment (i.e., family cohesion and family adaptability) and academic burnout of Chinese college students as well as the mediating effects of the interpersonal resource (i.e., peer support) and intrapersonal resource [i.e., positive psychological capital (PsyCap)] in this relationship. A total of 1971 Chinese undergraduates were involved in an online questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that family cohesion and adaptability was negatively related to academic burnout. Mediation analyses demonstrated that family cohesion and adaptability did not directly affect academic burnout, but indirectly through increasing PsyCap (characterized by optimism, hope, resilience, and self-efficacy), and through enhancing peer support and then increasing PsyCap in serial. Meanwhile, the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and academic burnout was not mediated by peer support alone. These findings highlight the family environment’s crucial role in youth mental health and positive development in the college context.

서비스 기업의 진성리더십이 긍정심리자본 및 조직변화몰입에 미치는 영향: 조직냉소주의의 조절효과

This study aims to analyze the influence of self-awareness, transparent relationships, internalized moral perspectives, and systematic information systems on positive psychological capital and organizational change commitment for domestic service companies. as a result of the analysis, first, all four sub-factors of authentic leadership had a significant positive (+) effect on positive psychological capital. second, among the sub-factors of authentic leadership, all three factors, excluding the internalized moral perspective, had a significant positive (+) effect on organizational change commitment. third, in the relationship between balanced information systems and organizational change commitment, which are sub-factors of authentic leadership, employees with high organizational cynicism had a significant influence on their commitment to organizational change. finally, in the relationship between positive psychological capital and organizational change commitment, employees with low organizational cynicism had a significant influence on organizational change commitment.

The Effects of Positive Psychological Capital on Career Preparation Behavior, Career Decision-Making Self-efficacy, Career Adaptability of University Students

목적 대학생의 진로 발달을 위해 자신이 가진 강점을 발견하고 개발함으로써 진로를 스스로 꾸려나갈 수 있는 자원을 마련하도록 지원하는 것이 필요하며 이를 위해 긍정적인 심리 기반을 마련하는 것이 중요하다고 보여진다. 이에 본 연구는 대학생들의 긍정심리자본이 진로준비행동, 진로결정자기효능감, 진로적응성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 방법 이를 위하여 부산광역시 소재 대학생 265명을 대상으로 긍정심리자본, 진로준비행동, 진로결정자기효능감, 진로적응성 척도를 활용하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 프로그램을 사용하여 신뢰도 검증, 상관분석과 중다회귀분석을 실시하여 다음과 같은 연구결과를 도출하였다. 결과 첫째, 긍정심리자본은 진로준비행동에 긍정적 영향을 미치고, 긍정심리자본 구성요인인 자기효능감, 희망, 회복탄력성은 진로준비행동 구성요인인 정보수집활동, 도구구비활동, 실천노력활동에 정적 영향을, 낙관성은 도구구비활동에 부적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 긍정심리자본은 진로결정자기효능감에 긍정적 영향을 미치고, 긍정심리자본의 구성요인인 자기효능감, 희망, 회복탄력성은 진로결정자기효능감 구성요인 모두에 정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 긍정심리자본은 진로적응성에 긍정적 영향을 미치고, 긍정심리자본 구성요인인 자기효능감, 희망은 진로적응성 구성요인 모두에 정적 영향을, 회복탄력성은 자신감에, 낙관성은 통제에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 결론 이러한 결과는 대학생의 진로준비행동, 진로결정자기효능감, 진로적응성을 위해 긍정심리자본은 주요한 심리적 변인으로 다루어져야 함을 의미한다.

Why Are Some Customers More Loyal Than Others? The Impact of Positive Psychological Capital on Loyalty, Satisfaction, and Trust

The objective of this study is to empirically validate the influence of positive psychological capital (PsyCap) on loyalty, satisfaction, and trust with a theoretical foundation in the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory. Data collected from 428 respondents in a retail banking setting were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to identify relationships within the conceptual model before being reanalyzed through a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to complement the SEM results. The findings show that the PsyCap dimensions of hope, self-efficacy, and resilience directly impact loyalty. Additionally, resilience and self-efficacy have a positive and significant relationship with satisfaction, while hope, resilience, and self-efficacy have positive and significant relationships with trust. Optimism, however, did not have a significant relationship with loyalty, satisfaction, or trust. The findings provide empirical evidence that customers’ PsyCap is essential for conceptualizing loyalty. This study introduces the concept of PsyCap in managing customer relationship in the business-to-consumer domain and demonstrates its role in loyalty, satisfaction, and trust. It also suggests specific PsyCap dimensions that should be incorporated into customer relationship management strategies.

The Association between Korean Clinical Nurses' Workplace Bullying, Positive Psychological Capital, and Social Support on Burnout.

Recurring shortages of nursing peoplepower in recent Korean society have impacted nursing organizations with burnout accounting for a major part of nursing staff turnover. Thus, we studied the associations between workplace bullying, positive psychological capital, and social support and whether they predict nursing burnout. We used hierarchical regression analysis to observe changes in influencing factors by sequentially entering general traits, workplace bullying, positive psychological capital, and social support from 166 clinical nurses at two hospitals. The analysis showed that being female (β = 0.18), working three shifts (β = 0.40), workplace bullying (β = 0.24), and positive psychological capital (β = −0.28) were predictors of burnout (F = 11.25, p < 0.001), explaining 44.5% of the variance. An analysis of the correlations between burnout, workplace bullying, positive psychological capital, and social support revealed that workplace bullying was positively correlated with burnout (r = 0.36, p < 0.001), and positive psychological capital (r = −0.49, p < 0.001) and social support (r = −0.37, p < 0.001) were negatively correlated with burnout. Thus, the higher positive psychological capital within an organization, the lower the level of burnout, suggesting that organizations should consider education programs to promote positive psychological capital. In addition, healthy organizational culture should be promoted by monitoring workplace bullying.

코로나19 상황에서의 대학생이 지각한 우울 및 불안의 양상과 긍정심리자본의 영향

The purpose of this study is to verify an effect of COVID-19 on undergraduate students mental health and accumulate the basic data of psychological variables with which they can adequately adapt to campus and social life, by examining the depression and anxiety patterns perceived by them before and during COVID-19 and an effect of positive psychological capital on the depression and anxiety perceived by them during COVID-19. The subject of this study were 312 four-year college students located in Chungcheongbuk-do, and SPSS 23 was used for the collected data, descriptive statistics of each variable included in the study and correlations between variables were confirmed. A t-test was performed to determine whether the difference between depression and anxiety felt in COVID-19 was significant. Finally, multiple regression analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of positive psychological capital on depression and anxiety felt in the COVID-19. The findings are as follows: First, there is a positive correlation between undergraduate students depression and anxiety, while both depression and anxiety have negative correlations with positive psychological capital. Second, there has been a significant difference in their depression and anxiety between before and during COVID-19. Depression level increased significantly compared to the pre-COVID-19, and the anxiety level decreased significantly compared to the pre-COVID-19. Third, it was found that the higher the self-efficacy, optimism and resilience, among the sub-factors of their positive psychological capital, the lower the depression during COVID-19, and that the higher the resilience, the lower the anxiety. Based on these research results, the causes of depression and anxiety in college students in the COVID-19 situation were examined based on previous studies. In addition, through ways to improve positive psychological capital that affects depression and anxiety of college students, ways to adapt well to healthy school life and society and ways to improve mental health were discussed.

태권도 겨루기선수의 인식된 긍정심리자본의 셀프리더십과 운동만족의 관계

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-leadership and exercise satisfaction according to the perceived positive psychological capital of Taekwondo players.<BR> Method: For this purpose, 359 Taekwondo athletes were sampled using the non-probability bias sampling method as a population, and correlation analysis between variables and multiple regression analysis were performed through exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis using SPSS 25.0.<BR> Results: First, positive psychological capital perceived by Taekwondo players had a significant effect on self-leadership. Second, positive psychological capital perceived by Taekwondo players had a significant effect on exercise satisfaction. Third, self-leadership perceived by Taekwondo players had a significant effect on exercise satisfaction.<BR> Conclusion: Therefore, positive psychological capital perceived by Taekwondo players is an antecedent variable for the effectiveness of psychological application to Taekwondo players. The effect on satisfaction is positive. In addition, it mentions the active necessity of developing a program of psychological skill training for the improvement of positive psychological capital and self-leadership.

The structural relationship between job crafting and job enthusiasm, informal learning, and positive psychological capital of workers in large corporations

본 연구의 목적은 대기업 안전직 근로자의 직무재창조와 직무열의, 무형식학습 및 긍정심리자본의 구조적 관계를 구명하는 것이다. 설문조사는 2021년 4월 30일부터 5월 7일까지 실시되었으며, 최종적으로 451부가 분석에 사용되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 23.0을 사용하여 기술통계를 AMOS 23.0으로 모형적합도, 변인 간 영향관계, 매개효과를 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 직무재창조와 직무열의, 무형식학습 및 긍정심리자본의 구조모형은 실증 데이터를 타당하게 설명하였다. 둘째, 무형식학습과 긍정심리자본은 직무열의에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 무형식학습, 긍정심리자본은 직무재창조에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 직무열의는 직무재창조에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 직무열의는 무형식학습과 직무재창조 간의 관계 및 긍정심리자본과 직무재창조 간의 관계를 매개하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이는 대기업 안전직 근로자의 직무재창조를 촉진하기 위해서는 무형식학습, 긍정심리자본 및 직무열의가 제고될 수 있도록 조직차원의 관리방안 구축이 필요함을 시사한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기업의 특성과 경영환경에 따라 각 자원 간의 상호작용으로 나타나는 영향관계가 직무재창조에 어떠한 변화를 주는지 확인할 필요가 있음을 후속연구로 제언하였다.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A REVIEW

Increased competition among businesses demands adequate attention towards steps which would ensure business survival in long run. Businesses must build on their strengths which in turn depend upon their employee’s strengths. One of such strengths is employee’s positive Psychological Capital which comprises of self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience. Employee’s Psychological Capital has been linked to key driver of sustainable competitive advantage in today’s business scenario that is innovation. This review focuses upon studies determining the relationship between Psychological Capital and innovation. The review suggests that Psychological capital is a significant predictor of innovation among employees working in various sectors. Positive leadership styles such as Authentic, transformational leadership etc. and favourable organizational climate are found to foster Psychological Capital among employees. Although at individual level there are studies linking Psychological Capital with innovative behaviour, but less number of studies have examined the role of team or collective Psychological Capital in predicting overall innovation within the organizations.

은퇴자의 긍정심리자본이 재취업의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

Recently, as the industrial structure and working environment change due to the structural deepening of low birthrates and aging and the rapid development of information technology in our society, discussions on the reemployment of retirees can be very important. Therefore, we sought to carry out empirical testing on the path that leads to the re-employment intentions from the positive psychological capital of the retiree in this study. It was shown in the research result that as positive psychological capital, self-efficacy and hope have a positive impact on career planning and self-efficacy and optimism have a positive impact on career commitment relationships. In addition, career planning was shown to have a positive impact on career commitment and re-employment intentions. And in the relationship between career planning and career commitment and re-employment intentions, social support was shown to have a moderating effect. Through this study, we intend to provide theoretical support and foundation for the proactive and systematic career development and the resulting career success of the retiree.