by Paige Williams, PhD | Aug 30, 2017 | Inside-Out-Outside-In, Positive Psychology, Webcasts & Interviews
In this conversation, you will hear about my research on how an Inside-Out-Outside-In approach to improving wellbeing can help to improve work happiness in organizations. I explain how achieving successful and sustainable change relies on the dynamic interplay been...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Jan 19, 2017 | Performance, Research, Workplace Wellbeing
The role of attitudes in developing work happiness This intervention study examines the iterative reprocessing of explicit and implicit attitudes as the process underlying associations between positive employee attitudes (PsyCap), perception of positive organization...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Jun 15, 2016 | Change, Leadership, Performance, Research, Workplace Wellbeing
Inside-Out-Outside-In: A dual approach model to developing work happiness This paper presents the Inside-Out-Outside-In (IO-OI) model, a dual process positive systems science approach to developing work happiness. The model suggests that work happiness of employees is...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Jun 15, 2016 | Research, Workplace Wellbeing
Exploring processes underlying work happiness Employee psychological capital (PsyCap), perceptions of organizational virtue (OV), and work happiness have been shown to be associated within and over time. This study examines selective exposure and confirmation bias as...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Jul 28, 2015 | Performance, Research, Workplace Wellbeing
A Longitudinal Examination of Work Happiness in School Staff Developing employee wellbeing has recently been recognized as an important way to improve organizational performance. Sloan’s (1987) dual-intervention approach suggests that employee wellbeing can be...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Sep 1, 2014 | Emerging Adulthood, Research
Positive Development and Resilience in Emerging Adulthood Recently, calls have been made for an increased focus on successful development in young people and how optimal developmental pathways can be promoted. The concept of healthy functioning or positive development...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Oct 7, 2013 | Positive Education, Positive Psychology, Research
An applied framework for Positive Education The increasing momentum of the Positive Psychology movement has seen burgeoning research in positive mental health and adaptive functioning; a critical question is how this knowledge can now be applied in real-world...
by Paige Williams, PhD | Jan 9, 2012 | Emerging Adulthood, Positive Education, Positive Psychology, Research
Character strengths and wellbeing in adolescence The structure of character strengths among adolescents and their relationship with wellbeing have received little systematic attention. This study examined the dimensions underlying the Values in Action (VIA) Character...
by Paige Williams, PhD | May 1, 2011 | Positive Education, Positive Psychology, Research
Whole System Innovation using Appreciative Inquiry Changing a system holistically can be challenging and complex. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a positive system change methodology that enables contribution and engagement in change from the broad range of stakeholder...
