Thriving at work—A diary study
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Summary: The present diary study examines how employees thrive at work in response to resources (i.e., positive meaning, relational resources, and knowledge). Thriving is conceptualized as the joint experience of vitality and learning. A total of 121 employees working in the social services sector responded to three daily surveys (in the morning, at lunchtime, and at the end of the work day) for a period of five work days. Intra‐individual analyses (hierarchical linear modeling) revealed that on days when employees experience positive meaning at work in the morning, they feel more vital at the end of the work day and have a higher sense of learning. Work behaviors such as task focus and exploration mediated the relation between positive meaning and both components of thriving. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Work task focus enhances individuals' energy and learning resources.
“Although we posit that LC will be positively related to entrepreneurs' thriving at work, and although research on work task focus also shows that it enhances individuals' energic and learning resources (Niessen et al., 2012;Paterson et al., 2014), these two agentic activities enhance these resources through different ways.”
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Work task focus has a positive direct effect on thriving at work.
“We also discovered, consistent with prior research (e.g., Niessen et al., 2012;Paterson et al., 2014), that work task focus had a positive direct effect on individuals' thriving at work.”
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Negative affect may also construe over-engagement or tiredness which have proved a significant relationship with performance.
“Negative affect may also construe over-engagement or tiredness which have proved a significant relationship with performance (Niessen et al. 2012;Bakker and Demerouti 2007).”
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- Authors
- Niessen, C., Sonnentag, S., & Sach, F.
- Affiliations
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Niessen, Cornelia
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-08-11
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 468-487
- ISSN
- 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1379
- OpenAlex
- W1823162293
- Cited by
- 315
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 7.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Keywords
- thriving at work, positive meaning, vitality, sense of learning, relational resources, knowledge resources, task focus, exploration, employee behavior, social service workers, daily work experiences
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