Freidlin Pavel, Littman-Ovadia Hadassah
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Psychology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
Front Psychol. 2020 Jan 21;10:3046. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03046. eCollection 2019.
Character strengths (CSs) are positive traits that have been shown to efficiently and effectively promote a host of positive outcomes, outside and inside the workplace. Despite their theoretical moral basis, they have not been systematically and wholly explored as antecedents of, and correspondingly unused as, mechanisms to increase prosocial behavior (PB) at work. Prosocial behavior at the workplace is desirable, with research pointing to a host of organizational benefits. The utilization of CSs toward PB at work seems like a missed opportunity, given that CSs have been demonstrated as robust positive mechanisms and given that they are characterized by qualities that are accommodating of the complexity of PB: distinct, value-laden, manifest behaviorally, cognitively and emotionally, are plural and sensitive to individual differences and are capable of balancing positive and negative outcomes. The current article will encourage further understanding, examination and implementation of CSs at the workplace, specifically for prosocial purposes, by exploring their conceptual fit and by reviewing initial empirical evidence.
性格优势（CSs）是一些积极的特质，已被证明能有效且高效地促进工作场所内外的一系列积极成果。尽管它们有理论上的道德基础，但尚未被系统地、全面地作为工作场所中增加亲社会行为（PB）的前因进行探索，相应地也未被用作增加亲社会行为的机制。工作场所中的亲社会行为是可取的，研究表明它能带来一系列组织效益。鉴于性格优势已被证明是强大的积极机制，且其特点是能够适应亲社会行为的复杂性：独特、充满价值、在行为、认知和情感上都有体现，具有多元性且对个体差异敏感，并且能够平衡积极和消极结果，那么在工作中利用性格优势促进亲社会行为似乎是一个被错过的机会。本文将通过探讨性格优势的概念契合度并回顾初步的实证证据，鼓励在工作场所进一步理解、审视和运用性格优势，特别是出于亲社会目的。
