The Impact of Positive Organizational Behavior and its Different Dimensionson Competitive Advantage

Abstract

Nowadays, particular attention and investment on positive aspects is necessary for organizations success. In this regard, positive organizational behavior and its various aspects create psychological capital which, in researchers' view, can provide competitive advantage for organizations. Obtaining competitive advantage is of high importance and priority for organization in different industries. With regard to high completion in food industries and based on thorough investigations, Kaleh food industries, known as a famous brand inside and outside Iran, were selected as the case study.The data collection instrument was questionnaire. The Reliability and Validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha and Construct and Content Reliability, respectively. For data analysis, correlation coefficient, average test and t-test were calculated, and construct equation modeling was presented. The findings of the study confirmed the significant effect of all four dimensions of positive organizational behavior on competitive advantage.

Keywords

• positive organizational behavior
• competitive advantage
• self – efficiency
• hope
• optimism
• consistency