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• TITLE: Empirical Research on the Influence of Organizational Support on Psychological Capital

  AUTHORS: Qingshan Hui, Xuansheng Cao, Le Lou, Hua He

  KEYWORDS: Psychological Capital, Organizational Support, Structural Equation Model (SEM)

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, Vol.4 No.4, April 4, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Psychological capital is an individual's positive psychological state of development, which has four features and five criteria. Psychological capital structure in Chinese cultural context contains: calm, hope, optimism and confidence. On the basis of researching literature, the recoveries of the questionnaire were analyzed by applying Structural Equation Model (SEM). The study found that perceived organizational support has a positive impact on the 4 dimensions of psychological capital (calm, hope, optimism and self-confidence).