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Advancing conceptualization and measurement of psychological capital as a collective construct

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ID9891453
AuthorsSarah Dawkins (0000-0002-4073-6907, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Angela Martins (0000-0003-0109-1218, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Angela Martin (0000-0001-6196-0409, University of Tasmania), Jennifer L Scott (0000-0002-6955-4015, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Jenn Scott (University of Tasmania), Kay Sanderson (0000-0002-3132-2745, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Kristy Sanderson (University of Tasmania)
Year2015
Volume68
Issue6
Pages925-949
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0018726714549645
OpenAlexW2160024192
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited54

Psychological capital (PsyCap) has been conceptualized as an individual-level construct concerned with an employee’s state of positive psychological development. However, research has now started to examine PsyCap as a collective phenomenon. Although positive associations between team-level PsyCap and team-level functioning have been demonstrated empirically, there has been limited synopsis regarding the theoretical and measurement foundations of PsyCap at higher levels of analysis. This conceptual article extends collective PsyCap scholarship by applying a multilevel-multireferent framework to explore alternate conceptualizations of collective PsyCap. The framework furthers understanding of PsyCap at higher levels by exploring unique antecedents and emergent processes relating to five proposed forms of collective PsyCap. A series of testable propositions pertaining to the antecedent network of collective PsyCap are offered to guide empirical multilevel PsyCap research

Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Capital (architecture · Conceptualization · Construct (python library · Empirical research · Epistemology · Political science · Scholarship · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year1,22
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11
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