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Psychological Capital:Moving Towards Building Organizational Strength


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1 Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
     

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The aim of this article is to review significant research that has been conducted in the field of Psychological Capital. Psychological Capital or PsyCap refers to individual's positive psychological state of development. The article elaborates the concept of psycap and explains how the construct is unique. Review covers those researches that have analyzed the effect of psychological capital with work related behaviors, the neurological basis of psychological capital, as psychological capital are state like constructs they can be developed. The article reviews the interventions that have been developed to improve psychological capital. The article also sheds lights on the gap found in the literature. Based on the gaps in the literature future suggestions for research in this area is presented.

Keywords

Positive Organizational Behavior, PsyCap (Psychological Capital), Workplace Interventions.
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Garima Yadav
Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sandeep Kumar
Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


The aim of this article is to review significant research that has been conducted in the field of Psychological Capital. Psychological Capital or PsyCap refers to individual's positive psychological state of development. The article elaborates the concept of psycap and explains how the construct is unique. Review covers those researches that have analyzed the effect of psychological capital with work related behaviors, the neurological basis of psychological capital, as psychological capital are state like constructs they can be developed. The article reviews the interventions that have been developed to improve psychological capital. The article also sheds lights on the gap found in the literature. Based on the gaps in the literature future suggestions for research in this area is presented.

Keywords


Positive Organizational Behavior, PsyCap (Psychological Capital), Workplace Interventions.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i2%2F157180