Losada line

The Losada Line was found by mathematician-psychologist Marcial Losada while researching the differences in positivity/negativity between high and low performance teams (Losada, 1999, 2004). The Losada Line is a positivity/negativity ratio of 2.9013 and it represents the lower bound of the Losada Zone. It was corroborated by Barbara Fredrickson, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, in individuals and by Waugh and Fredrickson in relationships (Waugh & Fredrickson, 2006). They found that the Losada line separates people who are able to reach a complex understanding of others from those who do not. People who "flourish" are above the Losada Line, and those who "languish" are below it (Fredrickson & Losada, 2005). The Losada Line bifurcates the type of dynamics that are possible for an interactive human system. Below it, the dynamics correspond to point attractors; at or above it, the dynamics correspond to a complexor (complex order).

References

*Losada, M. (1999). The complex dynamics of high performance teams. "Mathematical and Computer Modelling", 30 (9-10), 179-192. [http://losada.socialpsychology.org]

*Losada, M. & Heaphy, E. (2004). The role of positivity and connectivity in the performance of business teams: A nonlinear dynamics model. "American Behavioral Scientist", 47 (6), 740-765. [http://losada.socialpsychology.org]

*Fredrickson, B. L. & Losada, M. (2005). [http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/peplab/pdf/human_flourishing.pdf Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing.] "American Psychologist," 60 (7) 678-686. [http://losada.socialpsychology.org]

*Waugh, C. E. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). [http://www.unc.edu/peplab/publications/Waugh%20-%20PE-self-other%20overlap_in%20new%20relationships_JOPP.pdf Nice to know you: Positive emotions, self-other overlap, and complex understanding in the formation of a new relationship.] "The Journal of Positive Psychology", 1 (2), 93-106.

External links

*http://losada.socialpsychology.org