A Socially Embedded Model of Thriving at Work

Spreitzer, Gretchen; Sutcliffe, Kathleen; Dutton, Jane; Sonenshein, Scott; Grant, Adam M.

doi:10.1287/orsc.1050.0153

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A Socially Embedded Model of Thriving at Work

Spreitzer, Gretchen, Sutcliffe, Kathleen, Dutton, Jane, Sonenshein, Scott, Grant, Adam M.·2005·Organization Science

DOI 10.1287/orsc.1050.0153

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Thriving describes an individual’s experience of vitality and learning. The primary goal of this paper is to develop a model that illuminates the social embeddedness of employees’ thriving at work. First, we explain why thriving is a useful theoretical construct, define thriving, and compare it to related constructs, including resilience, flourishing, subjective well-being, flow, and self-actualization. Second, we describe how work contexts facilitate agentic work behaviors, which in turn produce resources in the doing of work and serve as the engine of thriving. Third, we describe how thriving serves as a gauge to facilitate self-adaptation at work. We conclude by highlighting key theoretical contributions of the model and suggesting directions for future research.

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Thriving at work follows directly from agentic behaviors, including those typical of leisure crafting.
“First, according to the SEMT, thriving at work results directly from engaging in agentic behaviors (Spreitzer et al., 2005), such as those characteristic of LC.”
From Work hard or play hard: the effect of leisure crafting on opportunity recognition and venture performance (2023) · cites this paper as Spreitzer et al., 2005
The socially embedded model of thriving holds that when people act agentically, they create energic and learning resources that raise their thriving at work.
“Lastly, the SEMT posits that, as people act in agentic ways, they produce these energic and learning resources that enhance their thriving at work (Spreitzer et al., 2005).”
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Thriving at work should improve an entrepreneur's capacity to recognize opportunities because it is closely tied to exploration and drives creative ideation.
“Thriving at work should increase an entrepreneur's ability to recognize opportunities because it is closely linked to exploration (Spreitzer et al., 2005) and drives creative ideation (Carmeli and Spreitzer, 2009;Wallace et al., 2016).”
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The SEMT assumes that when individuals act agentically, they generate the energy and learning resources needed to experience thriving at work.
“The SEMT is predicated on the notion that, as individuals act in an agentic manner, they generate the energic and learning resources needed to experience a sense of thriving at work (Spreitzer et al., 2005).”
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Engaging in many agentic behaviors may not be beneficial.
“suggesting that, though agentic behaviors serve as the key drivers of thriving at work (Spreitzer et al., 2005), engaging in as many of these behaviors as possible might not be beneficial.”
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Authors: Spreitzer, G., Sutcliffe, K., Dutton, J., Sonenshein, S., & Grant, A. M.
Affiliations: University of Michigan (US)
ORCID: Spreitzer, Gretchen
Sutcliffe, Kathleen
Grant, Adam M.
Venue: Organization Science
Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Published: 2005-10
Volume: 16
Issue: 5
Pages: 537-549
ISSN: 1047-7039 (ISSN-L)
1526-5455
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0153
OpenAlex: W2108088985
Cited by: 1,604
References: 119
Citations by year: 2026: 180 · 2025: 204 · 2024: 171 · 2023: 149 · 2022: 151 · 2021: 121 · 2020: 119 · 2019: 89 · 2018: 70 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 50 · 2015: 45 · 2014: 37 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 24
FWCI: 15.97
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Organization Science (publishedVersion)
Funders: Wake Forest University
University of California, Irvine
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 › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
Keywords: thriving at work, social embeddedness, employee vitality, self-adaptation, resilience, eudaimonia, subjective well-being, flow, self-realization, work context, staff resources

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