Thriving at workplace: Examine some outcomes through extensive review of literature Duari Pravakar1,*, Research Scholar, Sia Surendra Kumar1,*, Associate Professor 1Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India *Corresponding author) email id: *pravakarduari@gmail.com;
*sksia@rediffmail.com
Abstract In the contemporary society, human-beings are susceptible to stress, work pressure, relational problem in every phase of life like, workplace and home. This stress not only impacts human health, but also affects his/her workplace. Workplace environment and psychological state of an employee is very important thing for both the individual and organisational well-being. To foster positive environment and energy at worker, thriving consisting of vitality and learning plays a vital role. The main objective of this article is to critically examine the existing and contemporary literature on workplace thriving and propose a conceptual framework linking thriving with various individual outcomes (self-development, health, work-family balance and burnout) and work attitude outcomes (job satisfaction, job involvement, organisational commitment and work engagement). Based on the Indian and western literature, thriving is positively related to health, self-deployment and negatively related to burnout. That means when thriving increases, employee emotion exhaustion and cynicism decreased. Thriving gives energy to individual reach their goal at workplace, thriving works as buffer against stress in their life. Thriving is also positively related to job performance, job satisfaction, job involvement and work engagements. When the employees are thriving at organisation, they are more actively involved in their work and try to complete the work fruitfully. On the basis of these relationships, the researcher frames a conceptual framework between thriving, job attitude and individual outcomes. This model helps individual, organisations, health care and policy maker, in how to sustain thriving among employees. Top Keywords Thriving, Burnout, Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement, Organisational Commitment, Work Engagement, Cynicism. Top |