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This study of 366 ethnically diverse operating‐level employees examined how their perceptions of discrimination from a variety of sources—including supervisors, coworkers, and the organization itself—affect their work‐related attitudes and behaviors. The results suggest that all three types of perceived discrimination have an effect on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. Contrary to predictions, however, there was no relationship with grievances.

The special millennial issue contains 15 empirically minded articles by eminent authors in the field of academic psychology. 1 The issue was meant to serve as a state-of-the-art compendium of the burgeoning field of positive psychology. This field marks a deliberate steering away from the dominant "disease model" of human functioning. In the disease model, clinical psychology had become almost exclusively a science about healing damage or controlling maladaptive impulses. In contrast, the primary purpose of positive psychology is to measure, understand, and then build human strengths and civic virtues, including hope, wisdom , creativity, courage, spirituality, responsibility, perseverance, and satisfaction. The special issue is divided into 4 sections: evolutionary perspectives , positive personal traits, implications for mental and physical health, and fostering excellence. As the editors and several authors point out, positive psychology has significant implications for improving the quality of personal and professional life through applications on both individual and societal levels. As the editors also note, given the breadth of coverage in this issue, the articles are meant to serve as "enticing hors d'oeuvres" that stimulate a more in-depth reading of the literature.