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. 2021 Aug 5;12:659072. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659072

TABLE 5.

Meta-analysis of relationships between thriving at work and its antecedents.

Antecedents k N r¯ SDr SDres ρ¯ SDrc SDp 95% CI 80% CR
Unit contextual features
Challenge stress 6 2,580 0.39 0.18 0.18 0.46 0.19 0.19 (0.30,0.61) (0.22, 0.70)
Hindrance stress 9 5,610 −0.17 0.11 0.10 −0.19 0.12 0.11 (−0.27, −0.11) (−0.33, -0.04)
Autonomy 11 3,883 0.42 0.18 0.17 0.49 0.20 0.19 (0.38, 0.61) (0.25, 0.74)
Work control 7 3,161 0.21 0.29 0.29 0.26 0.34 0.34 (0.00, 0.51) (−0.18, 0.69)
Trust 8 2,418 0.35 0.16 0.15 0.49 0.20 0.19 (0.35, 0.62) (0.25, 0.72)
Supportive climate 5 2,176 0.35 0.15 0.16 0.40 0.17 0.16 (0.26, 0.54) (0.19, 0.60)
Organizational justice 3 1,013 0.59 0.16 0.15 0.67 0.16 0.15 (0.49, 0.84) (0.47, 0.86)
Feedback 5 2,423 0.53 0.12 0.12 0.62 0.14 0.14 (0.50, 0.75) (0.45, 0.80)
Job crafting 3 803 0.51 0.06 0.03 0.61 0.09 0.07 (0.51, 0.71) (0.52, 0.70)
Resources produced in doing of work
Abusive supervision 3 1,602 -0.17 0.06 0.05 -0.21 0.07 0.05 (−0.29, -0.13) (−0.27, -0.15)
Authentic leadership 5 1,819 0.32 0.19 0.18 0.38 0.22 0.21 (0.19, 0.57) (0.11, 0.65)
Empowering Leadership 6 2,364 0.39 0.15 0.14 0.47 0.16 0.15 (0.35, 0.60) (0.28, 0.66)
LMX 9 2,871 0.49 0.13 0.12 0.59 0.15 0.14 (0.50, 0.69) (0.42, 0.77)
Servant leadership 5 2,028 0.39 0.10 0.09 0.49 0.12 0.10 (0.40, 0.59) (0.36, 0.62)
Transformational leadership 6 2,121 0.42 0.19 0.19 0.46 0.21 0.21 (0.29, 0.64) (0.20, 0.73)
Positive meaning 4 631 0.46 0.07 0.04 0.53 0.09 0.06 (0.44, 0.62) (0.45, 0.60)
Work experience 6 2,537 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.05 0.11 0.10 (−0.03, 0.13) (−0.07, 0.18)
Individual agentic work behaviors
Exploration 3 509 0.55 0.04 0.00 0.66 0.06 0.00 (0.59, 0.73) (0.66, 0.66)
Task focus 6 1,751 0.54 0.12 0.11 0.63 0.14 0.13 (0.52, 0.74) (0.47, 0.80)
Heedful relating 12 3,149 0.42 0.13 0.11 0.52 0.13 0.12 (0.45, 0.59) (0.37, 0.67)
Personality traits
Self-efficacy 9 3,606 0.41 0.16 0.15 0.48 0.16 0.15 (0.38, 0.58) (0.28,0.68)
Optimism 4 1,856 0.54 0.03 0.01 0.65 0.05 0.03 (0.60, 0.70) (0.62, 0.69)
Openness 3 1,470 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.06 (−0.02, 0.16) (−0.01, 0.15)
Conscientiousness 5 2,702 0.35 0.14 0.13 0.40 0.14 0.14 (0.28, 0.53) (0.23, 0.58)

k, number of studies contributing to meta-analysis; N, total sample size; r¯, mean observed correlation; SDr, observed standard deviation of r; SDres, residual standard deviation of r; ρ¯, mean true-score correlation; SDrc, observed standard deviation of corrected correlations (rc); SDp, residual standard deviation of P; CI, confidence interval around ρ¯; CR, credibility interval around ρ¯. Correlations corrected individually.