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Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement

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Porath, Christine, Spreitzer, Gretchen, Gibson, Cristina, Garnett, Flannery G.·2012·Journal of Organizational Behavior

Abstract

Summary: Thriving is defined as the psychological state in which individuals experience both a sense of vitality and learning. We developed and validated a measure of the construct of thriving at work. Additionally, we theoretically refined the construct by linking it to key outcomes, such as job performance, and by examining its contextual embeddedness. In Study 1, we conducted second‐order confirmatory factor analyses in two samples, demonstrating initial support for the two‐dimensional structure of thriving. We provided evidence for the convergent and discriminant validity of thriving in relation to theoretically related constructs, such as positive and negative affects, learning and performance goal orientations, proactive personality, and core self‐evaluations. In Study 2, across two different samples, we further assessed construct validity by establishing a relationship between thriving and career development initiative, burnout, health, and individual job performance, explaining significant variance beyond traditional attitudinal predictors, such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Finally, in Study 3, we focused on understanding the contextual embeddedness of thriving. We found differences in reports of thriving across two points in time, when substantial changes are occurring in peoples' work lives and across contexts (i.e., work and non‐work). Implications for theory and practice, as well as directions for future research, are discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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    When people experience growth and forward movement, they yearn to continue that momentum in their career development.

    “When people experience a sense that they are growing and moving in a forward direction, they yearn to continue that momentum with respect to their career development.”
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    Thriving individuals are likely to take initiative to seek out opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills for career development.

    “More specifically, when individuals are thriving-with the sense that they are making progress and getting better through learning at work-they are likely to take the initiative to seek out more opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills helpful for developing their career.”
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    Vitality provides the fuel needed to set goals, seek career opportunities, and develop skills.

    “When combined with vitality, individuals have the fuel they need to set goals, seek out career opportunities, and develop needed skills and abilities.”
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    The same items referencing life outside work validly measure thriving outside of work.

    “we again measured thriving and also included a measure of thriving in life outside of work (α = .92),which used the same items as the thriving at work measure used in the previous studies but referenced participants' life outside of work to include personal relationships (e.g., with family, friends), any hobbies, and volunteer efforts, for example.”
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    The observed associations between thriving and its correlates reflect causal effects of thriving.

    “Thriving employees are less susceptible to burnout and more likely to take an active role in developing a successful career path, which is particularly important given today's protean careers (Hall, 1998).”
    “Thriving is also associated with reduced job strain and increased general health and well-being.”
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    The study samples are representative of the broader employee populations to which the conclusions are generalized.

    “In short, our results indicate the potential for thriving to be a potent force driving human sustainability at work.”
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    The summary says thriving adds 8% for career development, 4% for job performance, and 9% for leader effectiveness. The same results section reports respective ΔR2 values of .02, .03, and .08; Table 12 instead gives .10 for career development.

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    The results attribute an increase in explained variance of .02 to thriving for career development initiative, whereas Table 12 reports .10 for that outcome.

  • Young-adult mean age differs from Table 4

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    The sample description gives a mean age of 21 years, while the age column in Table 4 gives a mean of 20.00.

  • EMBA respondent mean age is reported two ways

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    The EMBA sample description states that respondents' mean age was 34.1 years. Table 10 lists 32.72 years for the sample's age mean, a difference too large to be rounding.

  • Overlapping high-thriving groups have two different counts

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    Both sentences describe the intersection of the same two groups: participants at least one standard deviation above the mean for thriving at work and outside work. That intersection cannot contain both four and five people.

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Metadata

Authors
Porath, C., Spreitzer, G., Gibson, C., & Garnett, F. G.
Affiliations
  • Georgetown University (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • The University of Western Australia (AU)
  • University of Utah (US)
Corresponding author
Spreitzer, Gretchen
Venue
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-05-19
Volume
33
Issue
2
Pages
250-275
ISSN
  • 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1379
OpenAlex
W2155331624
Cited by
1,126
References
103
Citations by year
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FWCI
21.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
  • UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Management
Keywords
thriving at work, thriving, vitality, learning, employee performance, burnout, core self-evaluation, proactive personality, performance goal orientation, positive and negative affect, construct validation

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