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Assignment: How I can have a good explanation of the below Positive emotions in own words?

A second way of viewing the relationship between individual characteristics and well-being in work settings has as its cornerstone, the hypothesis that positive emotions generate well-being Assuming that interaction between a person's subjective aspects and the organization can have positive outcomes we can make reference to ample documentation that examines the issue of self-confidence as a resource both for the well-being of the individual and the organization

Di Nuovo and Zanchi (2008) confirm that employee participation in the company's mission, positive emotions, emotional climate, and the sense of belonging within the organization are interdependent. Other authors (Feldt, Mäkikangas, & Aunola, 2006; Kalimo, Pahkin, & Mutanen, 2002; Pulkkinen, Feldt, & Kokko, 2006), referring to the theory of control of the emotions (Gross, 1998, 2006), highlight how emotional control based on a sense of coherence, optimism, and self-esteem plays a developmental role with respect to a series of social interactions, including work. Their longitudinal studies on emotive control have found that positive emotions in adolescence have a beneficial effect on scholastic and subsequent workplace integration. Custers and Aarts (2005) argue that positive affection plays a key role as a motivator in the unconscious disposition towards the pursuance of objectives, thereby contributing to a better relationship with the working environment, as reported on the relationship between job satisfaction and well-being by Wright, Cropanzano, and Bonett (2007).

An additional contribution to the hypothesis of positive emotions as generators of well-being in the workplace comes from the cultural analysis of Alvesson and Willmott (2002): their study underlines how a sense of internal coherence and a positive self-regard are factors which facilitate a positive process of organizational control, resulting in an improvement in the climate of the working environment. Another perspective on positive emotions is also underlined by the American school of counselling. Beginning with the social learning theory (Bandura, 1986), counselling has developed a vision of social and cognitive satisfaction within scholastic contexts and later in the employment context. These authors provide a theoretical perspective that shows the integration between cognitive, social, and personality variables, the latter related to the tendency to express positive emotions, as being effective in promoting well-being within specific areas of life such as work and school. Furthermore, Lent and Fouad (2011) also support a correlation between positive emotions which are present in the self and an appropriate cognitive and social development of the individual.