Thriving at work: Impact of psychological capital and supervisor support

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 434-446

  Paterson, Ted A ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b   Jeung, Wonho ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Korea National Defense University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heedful relating; Positive organizational behavior; Positive organizational scholarship; Psychological capital; Self development; Thriving at work; Vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897105653     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1907     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411.
2. Avey, J. B., Reichard, R. J., Luthans, F., & Mhatre, K. H. (2011). Meta-analysis of the impact of positive psychological capital on employee attitudes, behaviors and performance. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 22(2), 127-152.
3. Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
4. Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory: An agentic perspective. Annual Review of Psychology, 52(1), 1-26.
5. Bernstein, J. H. (2004). Vitality [zest, enthusiasm, vigor, energy]. In C. Peterson, & M. E. P. Seligman (Eds.), Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification (pp. 273-290). New York: Oxford University Press/Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
6. Bijlsma-Frankema, K. M., Rosendaal, B. W., & van de Bunt, G. (2005). Does trust breed heed? Differential effects of trust on heed and performance in a network and a divisional form of organizing. In K. M. Bijlsma-Frankema, & R. J. A. Klein Woolthuis (Eds.), Trust under pressure: Empirical investigations of trust and trust building in uncertain circumstances (pp. 206-233). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
7. Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural equations with latent variables. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons.
8. Cameron, K. S., Dutton, J. E., & Quinn, R. E. (2003). Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
9. Carmeli, A., & Spreitzer, G. M. (2009). Trust, connectivity, and thriving: Implications for innovative behaviors at work. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 43(3), 169-191.
10. Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1990). Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view. Psychological Review, 97(1), 19.
11. Dawkins, S., Martin, A., Scott, J., & Sanderson, K. (2013). Building on the positives: A psychometric review and critical analysis of the construct of psychological capital. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 86(3), 348-370.
12. Druskat, V. U., & Pescosolido, A. T. (2002). The content of effective teamwork mental models in self-managing teams: Ownership, learning and heedful interrelating. Human Relations, 55(3), 283-314.
13. Dutton, J. E. (2003). Energize your workplace: How to create and sustain high quality relationships at work. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
14. Dutton, J. E., & Heaphy, E. D. (2003). The power of high-quality connections. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton, & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline (pp. 263-278). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
15. Elliott, E. S., & Dweck, C. S. (1988). Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(1), 5.
16. Fisher, S. L., & Ford, J. K. (2006). Differential effects of learner effort and goal orientation on two learning outcomes. Personnel Psychology, 51(2), 397-420.
17. Goffman, E. (1961). Encounters: Two studies in the sociology of interaction. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co.
18. Hackman, J. R. (2009). The perils of positivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(2), 309-319.
19. Heaphy, E. D., & Dutton, J. E. (2006). Embodying social interactions: Integrating physiology into the study of positive connections and relationships at work. Academy of Management Review, 33(1), 137-162.
20. Hu, L., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6(1), 1-55.
21. Kahn, W. A. (1990). Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work. Academy of Management Journal, 33(4), 692-724.
22. Kahn, W. A. (1992). To be fully there: Psychological presence at work. Human Relations, 45(4), 321-349.
23. Lazarus, R. (1999). Stress and emotion: A synthesis. New York, NY: Springer.
24. London, M., & Smither, J. W. (1999). Empowered self-development and continuous learning. Human Resource Management, 38(1), 3-15.
25. London, M., Larsen, H. H., & Thisted, L. N. (1999). Relationships between feedback and self-development. Group & Organization Management, 24(1), 5-27.
26. Luthans, F. (2002). The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 23(6), 695-706.
27. Luthans, F., Avolio, B. J., Avey, J. B., & Norman, S. M. (2007). Positive psychological capital: Measurement and relationship with performance and satisfaction. Personnel Psychology, 60(3), 541-572.
28. Luthans, F., Youssef, C. M., & Avolio, B. J. (2007). Psychological capital: Developing the human competitive edge. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
29. May, D. R., Gilson, R. L., & Harter, L. M. (2004). The psychological conditions of meaningfulness, safety and availability and the engagement of the human spirit at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 77(1), 11-37.
30. Muthén, L., & Muthén, B. (2007). Mplus user's guide (vol. 5). Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén.
31. Niessen, C., Sonnentag, S., & Sach, F. (2012). Thriving at work-A diary study. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(4), 468-487.
32. Orvis, K. A., Fisher, S. L., & Wasserman, M. E. (2009). Power to the people: Using learner control to improve trainee reactions and learning in web-based instructional environments. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(4), 960.
33. Patterson, M. G., West, M. A., Shackleton, V. J., Dawson, J. F., Lawthom, R., Maitlis, S., & Wallace, A. M. (2005). Validating the organizational climate measure: Links to managerial practices, productivity and innovation. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(4), 379-408.
34. Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J. Y., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(5), 879-903.
35. Porath, C., Spreitzer, G. M., Gibson, C., & Garnett, F. G. (2012). Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(2), 250-275.
36. Roberts, L. M., Dutton, J. E., Spreitzer, G. M., Heaphy, E. D., & Quinn, R. E. (2005). Composing the reflected best-self portrait: Building pathways for becoming extraordinary in work organizations. Academy of Management Review, 30(4), 712-736.
37. Rothbard, N. P. (2001). Enriching or depleting? The dynamics of engagement in work and family roles. Administrative Science Quarterly, 46(4), 655-684.
38. Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68-78.
39. Shrout, P. E., & Bolger, N. (2002). Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: New procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods, 7(4), 422-445.
40. Sonenshein, S., Dutton, J. E., Grant, A. M., Spreitzer, G. M., & Sutcliffe, K. M. (2013). Growing at work: Employees' interpretations of progressive self-change in organizations. Organization Science, 24(2), 552-570.
41. Spreitzer, G. M., & Porath, C. (2012). Creating sustainable performance. Harvard Business Review, 90, 92-99.
42. Spreitzer, G. M., & Porath, C. (2013). Self-determination as nutriment for thriving: Building an integrative model of human growth at work. In M. Gagné (Ed.), Oxford handbook of work engagement, motivation, and self-determination theory. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
43. Spreitzer, G. M., Porath, C. L., & Gibson, C. B. (2012). Toward human sustainability. Organizational Dynamics, 41(2), 155-162.
44. Spreitzer, G. M., Sutcliffe, K., Dutton, J., Sonenshein, S., & Grant, A. M. (2005). A socially embedded model of thriving at work. Organization Science, 16(5), 537-549.
45. Tsui, A. S., & Ashford, S. J. (1994). Adaptive self-regulation: A process view of managerial effectiveness. Journal of Management, 20(1), 93-121.
46. Wallace, J. C., Butts, M. M., Johnson, P. D., Stevens, F. G., & Smith, M. B. (2013). A multilevel model of employee innovation: Understanding the effects of regulatory focus, thriving, and employee involvement climate. Journal of Management, DOI: 10.1177/0149206313506462.
47. Weick, K. E. (2003). Positive organizing and organizational tragedy. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton, & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline (pp. 66-80). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
48. Weick, K. E., & Roberts, K. H. (1993). Collective mind in organizations: Heedful interrelating on flight decks. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 357-381.
49. Williams, L. J., & Anderson, S. E. (1991). Job satisfaction and organizational commitment as predictors of organizational citizenship and in-role behaviors. Journal of Management, 17(3), 601-617.
50. Wrzesniewski, A., & Dutton, J. E. (2001). Crafting a job: Revisioning employees as active crafters of their work. Academy of Management Review, 26(2), 179-201.
51. Zhang, A. Y., Tsui, A. S., Song, L. J., Li, C., & Jia, L. (2008). How do I trust thee? The employee-organization relationship, supervisory support, and middle manager trust in the organization. Human Resource Management, 47(1), 111-132.