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ABSTRACT This paper presents a theory of how individuals compose their reflected best-self portraits, which we define as a changing self-knowledge structure about who one is at one’s best. By weaving together micro- level theories of personal change and macro-level theories of human resource development, our theory reveals an important means by which work organizations affect people’s capacity to realize their potential. We posit that people compose their reflected best-self portraits through social experiences that draw upon intrapsychic and interpersonal resources. In particular, we propose that people periodically experience jolts that enable them to increase the clarity or change the content of their reflected best- self portraits. Jolts, when accompanied by socially embedded resources such as positive affect, positive relationships and personal agency enable personal transformation by (1) expanding the constellation of possible selves, (2) enhancing personal expressiveness and (3) facilitating social architecting. These changes, in turn, propel individuals along a pathway of becoming extraordinary. From the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship WORKING PAPER SERIES Composing the Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Pathways for Becoming Extraordinary in Work Organizations by Laura Morgan Roberts Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School Jane E. Dutton William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations Gretchen Spreitzer Professor of Management and Organizations Emily Heaphy Ph.D. - Management and Organizations Robert E. Quinn M.E. Tracy Collegiate Professor Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations LEADING IN THOUGHT AND ACTION Product Number WP-CPOS-2004-1 Released March 2004 Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Review, October 2005

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Page 1: Composing the Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Pathways for ... · Composing the Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Pathways for Becoming Extraordinary in Work Organizations = = by Laura

ABSTRACT This paper presents a theory of how

individuals compose their reflected best-self

portraits, which we define as a changing

self-knowledge structure about who one is

at one’s best. By weaving together micro-

level theories of personal change and

macro-level theories of human resource

development, our theory reveals an

important means by which work

organizations affect people’s capacity to

realize their potential. We posit that

people compose their reflected best-self

portraits through social experiences that

draw upon intrapsychic and interpersonal

resources. In particular, we propose that

people periodically experience jolts that

enable them to increase the clarity or

change the content of their reflected best-

self portraits. Jolts, when accompanied by

socially embedded resources such as

positive affect, positive relationships and

personal agency enable personal

transformation by (1) expanding the

constellation of possible selves, (2)

enhancing personal expressiveness and (3)

facilitating social architecting. These

changes, in turn, propel individuals along a

pathway of becoming extraordinary.

From the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship

WORKING PAPER SERIES

Composing the Reflected Best-Self Portrait: Pathways for Becoming Extraordinary in Work Organizations ==by Laura Morgan Roberts Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School Jane E. Dutton William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations Gretchen Spreitzer Professor of Management and Organizations Emily Heaphy Ph.D. - Management and Organizations Robert E. Quinn M.E. Tracy Collegiate Professor Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations

=====L E A D I N G I N T H O U G H T A N D A C T I O N

Produc t Number WP-CPOS-2004-1 Re leased March 2004

Forthcoming in the Academy of Management Review, October 2005

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COMPOSING THE REFLECTED BEST-SELF PORTRAIT:

BUILDING PATHWAYS FOR BECOMING EXTRAORDINARY IN WORK ORGANIZATIONS

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3 While physiological research is new to organizational behavior, researchers working at the interface of the social and medical sciences use physiological measures to understand the mechanisms explaining the powerful effects of positive affect and interpersonal relationships (see Heaphy & Dutton, 2003).

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