PAST AND PRESENT OF THRIVING AT WORKPLACE: A NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK

Abstract

Thriving is a positive mental state characterized by a joint state of learning and vitality.Organizations with thriving employees can gain competitive advantage in the industry.This study presents the managers with an amalgamation of all the findings that can be implemented and focused on to ensure thriving employees to benefit the organization in totality such as supervisory support,fairness perception, psychological safety in working environment, civility at workplace etc.A number of favorable factors ensured in organizations can result as positive outcomes of thriving such as increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, better health of employees, increased organizational behavioral and many more.Above 150 papers are reviewed since the socially embedded model on thriving has been framed by Spreitzer (2005). All the tested and validated factors interms of antecedents and consequences have been put together in this studyto help organizations take advantage and experience dual growth in terms of employees and organizations success.