Author(s)

José Luis Calderón-Mafud^1*, Manuel Pando Moreno², Cecilia Colunga-Rodríguez³

¹Universidad de Colima, Colima, México.
²Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México.
³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México.

In this document, we propose a theoretical model of occupational positive mental health that relates it to elements of organizational socialization (formation and coworkers support) and characteristics of authentic leadership (transparency in relationships, balanced processing and internalized morality), generating in the workers first, the improvement of the interpersonal relations in the work and the development of the strengths in the work, and these facilitate the empowerment in the tasks when combined with elements of socialization, generating personal well-being and allowing to form in the workers a philosophy of working life. In general, it is proposed that it is based on education and learning, which seeks to facilitate an adaptation to the organization with perceptions of equity, and to develop positive mental health at work and its subsequent benefits. This model is proposed with the purpose of developing empirical tests that verify their relationships. The positive results could serve as a basis for interventions and develop new lines of research for the future of these fields of study.

Occupational Positive Mental Health, Authentic Leadership, Elements of Socialization, Wellbeing, Organizations

Calderón-Mafud, J. , Moreno, M. and Colunga-Rodríguez, C. (2018) Positive Mental Health Model Based on Authentic Leadership and Elements of Socialization. Psychology, 9, 588-607. doi: 10.4236/psych.2018.94037.