Inquiry Unplugged: Building on Hackman’s Potential Perils of POB

Authors

Fred Luthans, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Bruce Avolio, University of Washington

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in Journal of Organizational Behavior 30 (2009), pp. 323–328; doi 10.1002/job.590 Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Used by permission. http://www.interscience.wiley.com

Abstract

In this rejoinder to Hackman’s counterpoint piece on positive organizational behavior (POB), we again take a positive, inquiry approach. We address and build out each of his identified potential perils with the aim of accelerating the journey of POB understanding, research, and application.