Dr. Vishal Gupta
Professor, OB Area, IIM Ahmedabad
Meet the Speaker
Vishal Gupta is a Professor in the Organizational Behavior Area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). His areas of research and teaching include leadership and organisational development, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, innovation management, ethics and justice. His research has been published in international and national journals of repute and has been covered by national dailies and magazines such as the Times of India, Economic Times, Hindu BusinessLine, DNA, Mint, People Matters and Business World. Vishal’s Leadership Skills course on Coursera (course link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/leadershipskills) has been subscribed by more than 200,000 individuals from around the world and has been ranked as one among the top three leadership courses of all time on the Coursera platform. He is rated as a top instructor on the platform with an approval rating of 4.9 out of 5. In recognition of his contribution and teaching, he was recognised with the 2023 Coursera Learners First Achievement Award by Coursera in May 2023.
Abstract
Building on the foundations of positive psychology and positive organizational behavior (POB) that focuses on evidence-based identification and development of psychological capabilities, we propose a set of three positive capacities of harmony (H), equanimity (E) and authentic living (AL). Combing the three capacities, we propose a new positive organizational behavior (POB) construct HEAL that has the potential to act as a positive resource for managing stress, better well-being and higher performance. HEAL is a developmental, second-order construct that meets the POB criteria: be positive and developmental in nature, have valid measurement and be capable of contributing to performance improvements at the workplace. The conceptualization of HEAL and its underlying capacities rely on the theoretical frameworks of conservation of resources theory and mindfulness to meaning theory.
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