Table 1.

Core themes, conceptual starting points and methodological considerations for positive public administration.

Core themes	Conceptual starting points	Methodological considerations
Positivity as frame and discourse Highly valued public policies, organizations, and partnerships Learning to learn from “what works” in public settings	Success can consist of both desirable things happening and undesirable things not happening Success is multidimensional and multiperspectvist Successful governance needs to be robust: both good in time as well as over time Success is likely to be the product of a combination of virtu and fortuna	Qualitative studies of lived experience Quantitative studies of the antecedents of positive outcomes Design research and design thinking