Leadership and Well-Being: Perspectives From Positive Organizational Research in the United States

• In Event: Student Well-Being and Public Good: The New Front Line of School Effectiveness and Improvement?

Abstract

This presentation begins with the premise that a significant body of research on well-being in work settings is relevant but underutilized in education. We will first develop a framework for examining well-being in schools that draws largely on work conducted outside of education. We then examine its relevance to studying well-being in schools among both adults and students based on two separate empirical studies carried out in the United States. We end with implications for further research in an international context.

Authors

• Karen Seashore Louis, University of Minnesota

• Jisu Ryu, University of Minnesota

• Jeff Walls, University of Louisiana at Lafayette