Martin Seligman And The Origins Of Positive Psychology

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As a relatively new perspective, the origins of POS concept were seeded earlier and developed in parallel with the movement of Positive Psychology, initiated by Martin Seligman and his colleagues (M. E. Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Whilst Positive Psychology aims to shift dysfunctional mental illness to create better mental health that foster individuals learning by building on their strengths and flourishing it to their personal motivation (Gable & Haidt, 2005); the lens of POS broadens the focus of these thriving dynamics by bringing the connections to organisations studies as previously stated. Given that POS is an interdisciplinary perspective that highlights many levels of analysis and positive dynamics, it is not surprising that

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