The phrase 'exert a positive' is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe when someone influences a situation in a positive way, for example: "We are confident that the new CEO will exert a positive influence on our organisation".
But Grandey cautions that it is incredibly difficult to impose positivity from the top and actually exert a positive effect.
Since women who take paid family leaves are more likely to see a wage increase and less likely to go on welfare, such policies may exert a positive effect not only on gender inequality but on economic inequality.
Herein, we present evidence that PPP already exert a positive impact on the drug development process.
Additionally, the three statistically significant variables exert a positive effect on remarriage.
Family capital is expected to exert a positive influence on attitudes toward entrepreneurship.
However, regarding water quality issues (especially related to water age), SHPS can exert a positive influence on the WDS performance.
These results suggest that even a brief application of Qi-therapy may exert a positive psychological and physiological effect.
The findings obtained, using a Spanish sample of firms, show clearly that all these three factors exert a positive influence on cooperative relationships with these agents.
For instance, the startups-patents commensal relationship indicates that new startups exert a positive effect on patent applications; however, the reverse effect is not supported.
The results show that organizational complexity and centralization exert a positive and a negative influence, respectively, on knowledge performance, which confirms the two hypotheses related to these variables.
What is new here is the finding that prior work experience can exert a positive influence on the propensity to work for oneself.
