Application of positive psychology at workplace

Pages:55-58
Sunil Kumar and Vinod Shanwal (Department of Psychology, Gautam Buddha University, Noida, India)

Everybody presume to live a happy life and wants to work in a healthy environment. When we think about workplace a number of negative thoughts comes in mind. Workplace is generally considered to be a place of stress, burden, conflict, challenges, struggle, and politics and so on. Can we imagine of a work place free from tensions and mental pressures? Now, the scenario has been changing rapidly and possibilities of such an environment are high with the magical effect of Positive Psychology. Present paper has attempted to answer these questions. It has also tried to find out the positive strengths, which can be utilized in increasing positivity at workplace. A positive perspective and approach is largely recognized as making valuable contributions for today’s organizations. This study has further emphasized on positive psychological capacities of employees, which they have on their performance.