TABLE 5.
Meta-analysis of relationships between thriving at work and its antecedents.
| Antecedents | k | N | SDr | SDres | 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; , mean observed correlation; SDr, observed standard deviation of r; SDres, residual standard deviation of r; , mean true-score correlation; SDrc, observed standard deviation of corrected correlations (rc); SDp, residual standard deviation of P; CI, confidence interval around ; CR, credibility interval around . Correlations corrected individually.