Strengths Use for Tasks and Relationships in Organizations: Development and Validation of a Strengths Use Scale [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Individual character strengths have been increasingly valued, as they facilitate social functioning, well-being, and performance. However, little is known about how individuals use their strengths for important but distinct goals including task ...
Shenyang Hai, In-Jo Park
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Employee Growth Mindset and Innovative Behavior: The Roles of Employee Strengths Use and Strengths-Based Leadership [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study aimed to investigate the relationship of employee growth mindset with innovative behavior and the mediating role of use of strength as well as the moderating role of strengths-based leadership in this relationship.
Qiang Liu, Yuqiong Tong
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The Strengths Use Scale: Psychometric Properties, Longitudinal Invariance and Criterion Validity [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Strengths use is an essential personal resource to consider when designing higher-educational programs and interventions. Strengths use is associated with positive outcomes for both the student (e.g., study engagement) and the university (e.g., academic ...
Llewellyn E. van Zyl +12 more
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Humble Leadership Affects Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Sequential Mediating Effect of Strengths Use and Job Crafting [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of humble leadership on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and the sequential mediation effect of strengths use and job crafting on the relationship.
He Ding +4 more
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Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and regulatory focus at work in relation to strengths use and deficit correction in the workplace. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Extant research has shown that grandiose narcissism predicts a wide range of work-related outcomes. However, despite differentiating in the social-personality literature besides grandiose narcissism also its vulnerable form, there is little ...
Elżbieta Sanecka
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French Adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale. [PDF]
J Psychoeduc Assess, 2023 Background Positive psychology focuses on enhancing attitudes and behaviors that support well-being, with a key pillar being the use of psychological strengths for optimal functioning. This is linked to positive outcomes such as increased happiness and life satisfaction.
Bressoud N +6 more
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The Impact of Empowering Leadership on Taking Charge Behaviors: Mediating Strengths Use and Moderating Ambition [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesDrawing on conservation of resources theory, this study aims to explore the mediating role of employees’ strengths use and the moderating role of employees’ ambitions in the relationship between empowering leadership and employees’ taking charge ...
Lingnan Kong +4 more
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Character Strengths, Strengths Use, Future Self-Continuity and Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese University Students [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 The study was designed to explore the relationships among character strengths, strengths use, future self-continuity and subjective well-being. A total of 225 undergraduates completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires assessing character strengths ...
Yonghong Zhang, Mengyan Chen
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Cracks in the JD-R model? The failure of strengths use, job crafting, and home-work spillover to support wellbeing during COVID-19 [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyDrawing from the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study examined the relationship between job characteristics, work-home interference, motivation, and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl +4 more
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The German Version of the Strengths Use Scale: The Relation of Using Individual Strengths and Well-being [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Theoretical perspectives in positive psychology have considered the possession and use of strengths equally but in applied research more studies focused on having them, probably due to the absence of psychometrically adequate scales.
Alexandra Huber +4 more
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