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Conceptualization of the phenomenon of employee thriving in the public sector

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Organizational Resource Management, Amin University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Organizational Resource Management, Amin University, Tehran, Iran

3 Master of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Danesh Alborz University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The thriving phenomenon as a new structure in behavior has been noticed by many researchers. One of the most important issues involved in the success of the organization is the thriving of the employees. Considering the diversity and variability of the concept of thriving in the organization, this research seeks to understand and interpret the phenomenon of thriving with a phenomenological approach. In this research, interpretative research philosophy, inductive research approach, and phenomenological research strategy have been chosen. The data collection method is field and semi-structured interview tool. For this purpose, from the research community that included the employees of Karaj municipality, which was sampled by maximum diversity method, 20 people were interviewed. The findings of the research show that seven methods of experiencing thriving in the organization include: responsibility, being effective, being interested, being strong-willed, being multi-skilled, being empathetic and professional ethics. Based on the findings of the research, the descriptive classes are placed in three classes: individual capacity (being interested, willing and multi-skilled), group capacity (being empathetic and effective) and organizational capacity (responsibility and professional ethics), which shows There is a structural and hierarchical difference in addition to their semantic difference.

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Management Studies in Development and Evolution
Volume 34, Issue 116
July 2025
Pages 245-277
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  • Revise Date: 18 January 2025
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