Contributions to positive organizational scholarship

Examines the discipline of POS, "a new movement in organizational science that focuses on the dynamics leading to exceptional individual and organizational performance"; 6 articles. Contents: The role of positivity and connectivity in the performance of business teams: a nonlinear dynamics model, by Marcial Losada and Emily Heaphy; Exploring the relationships between organizational virtuousness and performance, by Kim S. Cameron, David Bright, and Arran Caza; Knowledge nomads: organizational commitment and worker mobility in positive perspective, by Todd L. Pittinsky and Margaret J. Shih; Compassion in organizational life, by Jason M. Kanov et al.; Toward the construct definition of positive deviance, by Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Scott Sonenshein; Generating dynamic capabilities through a humanistic work ideology: the case of a certified-nurse midwife practice in a professional bureaucracy, by Lynn Perry Wooten and Patricia Cane.