ABSTRACT
Motivating the Pursuit of New Research Questions ................................. 498 Positive Trajectories of Identity Development: Pathways Toward Becoming ..................................................................................... 499 Illuminating the Agency in Positive Identity Construction ................ 500 Mapping the Interdependencies Between Positive Identities and Th eir Relational, Organizational, and Institutional Contexts ..............501 Finding the Positive in Unexpected Places ........................................... 503
Identity Th reat as a Catalyst for Growth ........................................... 504 Positive Outcomes of Multiple Identities ......................................... 504
Charting the Course: Highlighting the Signifi cance of Positive Identities ........................................................................................... 505
Th e Functional Signifi cance of Positive Identities ................................ 506 Positive Identity Processes in the Contemporary Work Environment ................................................................................... 507
Paving the Way: Demonstrating Varied Approaches to Identity Research ........................................................................................... 509
Revisiting Frequently Trodden Conceptual Paths ................................ 509 Creating New Conceptual Paths ..............................................................510 Empirical Investigations of Positive Identity .........................................511 Mobilizing a Cross-Disciplinary, Multilevel Inquiry Into Positive Identity .........................................................................................512
