Investigating the impact of Job Characteristics Model on thriving at work (Case Study: Bank Refah)

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One of the most newest concepts in the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is the concept “thriving at work”. Thriving at work is realized when people experience learning and vitality simultaneously while doing their job tasks. If jobs are designed so that people feel thriving, organizations can exploit its positive consequences. One of the motivational approaches to job design is Job Charachteristics Model (JCM). The aim of this study is investigating the impact of each of JCM’s components on thriving at work. Statistical population of this study is employees of Bank Refah and the sampling method is simple random sampling. The sample size was stimated 269 by using limited population formulate. This study is used a discriptive and correlation research. The results show that among the five components of JCM, three components including task significance (p< 0.05, β= 0.143), autonomy (p< 0.05, β=0.175) and feedback (p< 0.05, β=0.158) have positive and significant effect on thriving at work.

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