Valuing and adapting appreciative inquiry to enhance well-being using a neuropsychotherapeutic framework
Orientation: Considering the impact of the unprecedented worldwide changes on employee well-being; well-being will increasingly become a competitive edge for organisations. The focus of this study was on appreciative inquiry (AI) as intervention for well-being; to hypothesise why and under what circ...
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doaj-9267ec0b58fe432a9c08cdf2c614a2e62020-12-11T13:59:39ZengAOSISSA Journal of Industrial Psychology0258-52002071-07632020-12-01460e1e1210.4102/sajip.v46i0.18231166Valuing and adapting appreciative inquiry to enhance well-being using a neuropsychotherapeutic frameworkDirk J. Geldenhuys0Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, PretoriaOrientation: Considering the impact of the unprecedented worldwide changes on employee well-being; well-being will increasingly become a competitive edge for organisations. The focus of this study was on appreciative inquiry (AI) as intervention for well-being; to hypothesise why and under what circumstances AI could be effective, and what can be performed to enhance its effectiveness, especially in respect of improving the well-being of employees. Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to valuate and refine AI as an intervention aimed at facilitating well-being in the workplace, using a neuropsychotherapeutic approach as framework. Motivation for the study: Appreciative inquiry is well known in the management and organisational sciences as an approach and a method to facilitate change. Despite the importance of well-being for organisations, in the academic literature, reporting on the use of AI as an intervention to facilitate well-being remains largely limited. Furthermore, no evidence of a similar study using a neuropsychoterapeutic framework could be found in the English literature. Research approach/design and method: This was a conceptual analysis with theory adaption as an approach. Appreciative inquiry was chosen as a domain theory and neuropsychotherapy as a method theory. Firstly, AI was discussed, after which the focus fell on neuropsychotherapy with the focus on well-being. Neuropsychotherapy was then used to evaluate and refine AI as an intervention directed at well-being. Main findings: It was found that neuropsychotherapy served as a valuable method theory to refine AI for enhancing well-being. Practical/managerial implications: Appreciative inquiry in its more traditional form can be used to facilitate employee well-being in general but will probably be less effective in changing hard-wired neural circuits for the better. For employees who experience high levels of stress, a refinement of AI is needed, in line with neuropsychotherapy. Contribution/value add: This study contributed to the literature on well-being interventions.https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/1823appreciative inquirymemory systemsneural networksneuropsychotherapywell-beinginterventionsorganisations. |
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Orientation: Considering the impact of the unprecedented worldwide changes on employee well-being; well-being will increasingly become a competitive edge for organisations. The focus of this study was on appreciative inquiry (AI) as intervention for well-being; to hypothesise why and under what circumstances AI could be effective, and what can be performed to enhance its effectiveness, especially in respect of improving the well-being of employees.
Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to valuate and refine AI as an intervention aimed at facilitating well-being in the workplace, using a neuropsychotherapeutic approach as framework.
Motivation for the study: Appreciative inquiry is well known in the management and organisational sciences as an approach and a method to facilitate change. Despite the importance of well-being for organisations, in the academic literature, reporting on the use of AI as an intervention to facilitate well-being remains largely limited. Furthermore, no evidence of a similar study using a neuropsychoterapeutic framework could be found in the English literature.
Research approach/design and method: This was a conceptual analysis with theory adaption as an approach. Appreciative inquiry was chosen as a domain theory and neuropsychotherapy as a method theory. Firstly, AI was discussed, after which the focus fell on neuropsychotherapy with the focus on well-being. Neuropsychotherapy was then used to evaluate and refine AI as an intervention directed at well-being.
Main findings: It was found that neuropsychotherapy served as a valuable method theory to refine AI for enhancing well-being.
Practical/managerial implications: Appreciative inquiry in its more traditional form can be used to facilitate employee well-being in general but will probably be less effective in changing hard-wired neural circuits for the better. For employees who experience high levels of stress, a refinement of AI is needed, in line with neuropsychotherapy.
Contribution/value add: This study contributed to the literature on well-being interventions. |
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appreciative inquiry memory systems neural networks neuropsychotherapy well-being interventions organisations. |
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