POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AND APPROACHES TO ENHANCING
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This article presents the concept and theories background, characteristics, components, assessment, and approaches to enhancing Positive Psychological Capital (PsyCap), which comprises four main components: hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism. The article explains PsyCap's characteristics as being between state-like and trait-like, and discusses key measurement tools such as PCQ, CPC-12, CPC-12R, and I-PCQ. It also presents approaches to enhancing PsyCap from both international and Thai research, covering practical training, coaching and counseling, integration in education, use of technology and digital media, organizational-level promotion, and positive psychological intervention techniques. This article is valuable for human resource and organizational development in an era of rapid change and high challenges.
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