Positive Institutions: Organizations, Laws, and Policies
Publication Date
1-11-2018
Document Type
Book Chapter
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Human flourishing, Positive psychology, Law firm cultures, Well-being, Positive institutions, Positive law firms, Positive law schools, Social architecture, Policy subjective well-being measures, Mindfulness, Thinking architecture, Learning architecture, Thinking games
Abstract
We analyze how institutions in the form of organizations, laws, and policies can help foster human flourishing, and provide examples of the role that institutions can play by changing individual preferences and values. First, we analyze how to apply positive psychology to redesign law firm cultures to enable attorneys, clients, and communities to thrive. Second, we investigate how to empower law students, law professors, and other law school constituencies. Third, we demonstrate how to apply positive psychology to foster innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Fourth, we identify some complexities of utilizing subjective well-being measures to evaluate the impacts of laws and policies. Finally, we develop implications from positive psychology about what governments and others can do to support individuals, communities, and societies to thrive. Our goal is to provoke discussion about positive psychology’s role in developing institutions in the form of organizations, laws, and policies that help individuals, communities, and societies.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by Oxford University Press. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. This book chapter was originally published as Positive Institutions: Organizations, Laws, and Policies, by Peter H. Huang, Anne M. Brafford, Debra S. Austin, and Martha Knudson, in The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition, Edited by C.R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, and Susana C. Marques. Jan, 2018.
Rights Holder
Oxford University Press
Language
English (eng)
Extent
20 pgs
Publication Title
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology
First Page
832
Last Page
851
Recommended Citation
Positive Institutions: Organizations, Laws, and Policies, by Peter H. Huang, Anne M. Brafford, Debra S. Austin, and Martha Knudson, in The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition, Edited by C.R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, and Susana C. Marques. Jan, 2018, https://doi-org.du.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199396511.013.48.
DOI Link
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