8 HOW DO WE USE ENGAGEMENT TO CREATE A HEALTHY AND THRIVING ORGANIZATION?
The study of psychology originally focused on understanding what prevents people from enjoying positive well-being, employing a medical model perspective on diagnosing and treating mental illness (Koch & Leary, 1985); many still focus their attention today on resolving negative experiences that have lasting psychological effects. However, since about the late 1940s and early 1950s, attention has also been placed on understanding and helping healthy people flourish. This positive approach to understanding the human existence, labeled positive psychology (M. P. Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), has been active on both the individual ...
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