What Is Psychological Capital and What Does It Have to Do

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Essay

What is psychological capital and what does it have to do with organizational behaviour?

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Definitions:

European Colonization

The process by which European countries established settlements, extracted resources, and imposed their control over other regions and peoples around the world, particularly from the 16th to the 20th century.

Imagined Community

A concept that refers to how members of a nation envision themselves as part of a large community, despite having no direct interaction with most other members, as proposed by Benedict Anderson.

Artificially Created Borders

Boundaries established by human decisions rather than natural features, often resulting in social, political, or economic implications.

African Slave Trade

The forced transportation and enslavement of African people primarily to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries, a foundational element of global economic and social systems of inequality.