Composing the reflected best-self portrait: Building pathways for becoming extraordinary in work organizations

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Roberts, LM; Dutton, JE; Spreitzer, CM; Heaphy, ED; Quinn, RE
• 署名单位: Harvard University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 712-736
• 关键词: SOCIAL SUPPORT; managerial; feedback; IDENTITY; careers; HEALTH; need; adaptation; RESOURCES; happiness

摘要

We present a theory of how individuals compose their reflected best-self portrait, which we define as a changing self-knowledge structure about who one is at one's best. We posit that people compose their reflected best-self portrait through social experiences that draw on intrapsychic and interpersonal resources. By weaving together microlevel theories of personal change and macrolevel theories of human resource development, our theory reveals an important means by which work organizations affect people's capacity to realize their potential.