| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between
signature strengths and the development and strengthening of resilience in teams
within a project setting. More specifically, this thesis investigates whether project
managers can use signature strengths to enhance project team resilience, and if so,
how?
Design/methodology/approach: Theories within positive psychology and project
management will be used as a framework in this thesis. In particular, Peterson and
Seligman’s (2004) framework on character strengths and virtues are used as a
framework in the data analysis in order to identify the project manager’s signature
strengths. It has been employed a qualitative approach and used a case study
design to explore the research question.
Subject: Positive organizational psychology, with a primary focus on signature
strengths and resilience within a project setting.
Originality/value: The study contributes to increased knowledge on whether
project managers signature strengths can enhance project team resilience. To our
knowledge, there is no comprehensive research done on the impact of signature strengths on resilience. In relation to “how” project managers can use their
signature strengths to enhance project team resilience the importance of
psychological ownership is identified.
Findings: The signature strengths leadership, open-mindedness, persistence,
social intelligence, forgiveness and hope are found to fosterer the project
manager’s resilience. Further, managers, through their behavior, can affect how
the team members behave and react to challenges. Hence, increase project teams
resilience. In addition, the signature strengths open-mindedness and leadership
could through affecting the team members feeling of psychological ownership,
result in increased resilience in project teams.
Keywords: signature strengths, positive psychology, psychological ownership,
project management, project teams, resilience. | nb_NO |
