Thriving at work of Employees
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The current research dealt with thriving at work among emplyees, and according (Spreitzer et al.,2005), thriving at work is a psychological state in which individuals feel a sense of vitality and a desire to learn at work. Accordingly, the current research sought to achieve the following objectives:
- Identifing employees thriving at work.
- Identifying employees thriving at work according to the gender variable (males, females).
For the purpose of achieving the research objectives, the researcher adopted the Work prosperity Scale prepared Na-Nan et al., (2020), consisting of (13) items divided into two dimensions (vitality-and learning). He presented the scales to a rank of trightener in older to educator Appearance truth (all clause) were confirmed for the thriving at work scales, and for the intent of extracting data the psychometric test properity, it was applied for to a example of (400) individual employees, which were selected using a sampling method. After that, the items for the scale were analyzed using the two extreme groups method and the item relationship. In the total score, all (13) items were accepted. As for the reliability indicators, the reliability index using the reliability coefficient for the retest method reached (0.783). After applying the conducting statistical analysis according to the objectives, the researcher reached the following results:
- The employees are thriving at work.
- There is no difference in thriving at work between males and females.
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