Forging Ahead: How to Thrive at the Modern Workplace Journal Article

Writer: Mushtaq، Maliha ؛ Abid، Ghulam ؛ Sarwar، Komal ؛ Ahmed، Samiah ؛

Iranian Journal Of Management Studies Autumn 2017, Volume 10 - Number 4 Ranking الف/ISC (‎36 page(s) - From 783 to 818 )

Keywords: Organizational support Thriving at work fairness perception civility

Abstract:

Thriving at work is an emerging phenomenon in recent times, which is defined as a psychological state in which individuals experience both the senses of vitality and learning. Researchers and practitioners are looking for ways to enhance the employee’s thriving at work, because it is associated with behavioral outcomes. The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of contextual factors including organizational support, fairness perception, supervisor support, and civility at workplace on the employee’s thriving at work. Furthermore, it also looks upon the impact of individual differences like proactive personality on the employee’s thriving. The empirical findings have been drawn through a survey questionnaire using purposive sampling technique from employees of different organizations. The study discusses the results and draws several insights on the employee’s thriving at the workplace. The study also provides implication for theory and practice. Limitations and future research directions have also been discussed.

Machine summary:

"The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of contextual factors including organizational support, fairness perception, supervisor support, and civility at workplace on the employee’s thriving at work. First, the above mentioned factors that enable thriving at work can provide managers with insights on how to develop an enabling environment at the workplace in which employees are able to utilize their full potential and thereby contributing to organizational success. Furthermore, fairness perception enhances employee’s self-esteem and affirms their belief that the decision makers/authority figure that have a profound impact on their personal growth within the organization are not acting out of self-interest but are following a set of norms/rules which characterize the work environment and impact all employees equally (Tyler &amp; Blader, 2000). On the basis of the above discussion, we can conclude that overall fairness perception, comprising all three dimensions of organizational justice, promotes a sense of psychological safety via positive behaviors that encourages knowledge sharing, collaborations and social exchange, which helps employees to experience thriving at work. Supervisor support influences the employee in several ways, such as provision of access to organizational resources, decision making with regards to tangible work outcomes like salary and increments, decision making with regards to training and development, emotional support in the form of advice and information related to the employee’s role and sometimes general information about the organization which can help the individual to progress. Conclusion This study demonstrates the importance of workplace civility, proactive personality, fairness perception, perceived organizational support, and supervisor support on thriving at work."

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