ABSTRACT
This book, and especially the five chapters in this section, signals a growing interest in the study of positive organizational identities. The preceding chapters build a solid theoretical foundation, demonstrating that a focus on the positive can cultivate the kinds of collective identities that mobilize collective action toward valued outcomes for organizations and communities. Importantly, the authors theorize about not only the nature of positive identity at this higher level of analysis but also how positive identities function. Each chapter makes contributions that advance our conceptualization of positive identity at the organizational and collective levels. Together, they lay the groundwork for rich and rigorous future scholarship that can map how positive identities are constructed, maintained, and important to broader aspects of organizations and communities.
