The Positive Power of Character Strengths and Virtues for Global Leaders

Rego, A; Clegg, S; Cunha, MP

The Positive Power of Character Strengths and Virtues for Global Leaders

Rego, A Clegg, S

Cunha, MP

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Citation:: The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, 2012
Issue Date:: 2012-11-21

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dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cunha, MP	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-11-21	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, 2012	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780199734610	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17861
dc.description.abstract	© 2012 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. In a globalized world, transnational companies are implicated in power relations with many other organizations, including states, and are responsible for millions of people's lives and livelihoods. Building positive organizational performance and contributing to the creation of a better planet requires having global leaders with positive qualities in senior positions in these organizations. In this chapter, using Peterson and Seligman's (2004) framework, we explore how the character strengths and virtues of global leaders can make them more effective and better able to develop flourishing organizations and people within and around them in the contexts in which they operate. We also explore how global leaders with such positive qualities are more motivated to accept and/or look for global leadership development opportunities, and better able to learn from such opportunities. Some research directions are also considered.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0028	en_US
dc.title	The Positive Power of Character Strengths and Virtues for Global Leaders	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
dc.location.activity	Singapore
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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© 2012 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. In a globalized world, transnational companies are implicated in power relations with many other organizations, including states, and are responsible for millions of people's lives and livelihoods. Building positive organizational performance and contributing to the creation of a better planet requires having global leaders with positive qualities in senior positions in these organizations. In this chapter, using Peterson and Seligman's (2004) framework, we explore how the character strengths and virtues of global leaders can make them more effective and better able to develop flourishing organizations and people within and around them in the contexts in which they operate. We also explore how global leaders with such positive qualities are more motivated to accept and/or look for global leadership development opportunities, and better able to learn from such opportunities. Some research directions are also considered.

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