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Identities Hidden in Challenges: The Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment.
Front Psychol. 2020; 11:555420.FP

Abstract

The present study explores the influence of challenge stressors on identity orientation directly and via thriving at work and employee investment. Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study proposes challenge stressors as a critical predictor of identity orientation. The purpose of this article is to explore if a particular identity is salient in different contextual factors, and this study suggests that challenge stressors stimulate personal, relational, and collective identities to respond to a situation. The relationships hypothesized in this study were tested using a sample of 225 employees from the banking sector of Pakistan. A time-lagged research design consisting of two waves of data collection was employed. A structural equation modeling technique was used to test the hypotheses regarding the relationship between challenge stressors and identity orientation, including the role of thriving at work and employee investment as intervening mechanisms of this relationship. Results showed that challenge stressors had a significant positive relationship with identity orientation. The results also confirmed the sequential mediation of thriving at work and employee investment in the relationship between challenge stressors and identity orientation. The findings suggest that the positive side of stress as a strength motivates employees for continued self-development. Importantly, challenge stressors enhance employees' ability to thrive at work and, in turn, they invest in the work more and identify themselves strongly with their organization and work.

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Saleem S
Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Humayun S
Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Latif B
Department of Leadership & Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Iftikhar U
Department of Leadership & Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sharif I
Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.

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eng

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33329186

Citation

Saleem, Sharjeel, et al. "Identities Hidden in Challenges: the Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, 2020, p. 555420.
Saleem S, Humayun S, Latif B, et al. Identities Hidden in Challenges: The Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment. Front Psychol. 2020;11:555420.
Saleem, S., Humayun, S., Latif, B., Iftikhar, U., & Sharif, I. (2020). Identities Hidden in Challenges: The Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 555420. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.555420
Saleem S, et al. Identities Hidden in Challenges: the Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment. Front Psychol. 2020;11:555420. PubMed PMID: 33329186.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Identities Hidden in Challenges: The Sequential Mediation of Thriving at Work and Employee Investment. AU - Saleem,Sharjeel, AU - Humayun,Shazia, AU - Latif,Bilal, AU - Iftikhar,Umer, AU - Sharif,Imran, Y1 - 2020/11/20/ PY - 2020/04/24/received PY - 2020/09/02/accepted PY - 2020/12/17/entrez PY - 2020/12/18/pubmed PY - 2020/12/18/medline KW - challenge stressors KW - employee investment KW - identity orientation KW - sequential mediation KW - thriving at work SP - 555420 EP - 555420 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 11 N2 - The present study explores the influence of challenge stressors on identity orientation directly and via thriving at work and employee investment. Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, this study proposes challenge stressors as a critical predictor of identity orientation. The purpose of this article is to explore if a particular identity is salient in different contextual factors, and this study suggests that challenge stressors stimulate personal, relational, and collective identities to respond to a situation. The relationships hypothesized in this study were tested using a sample of 225 employees from the banking sector of Pakistan. A time-lagged research design consisting of two waves of data collection was employed. A structural equation modeling technique was used to test the hypotheses regarding the relationship between challenge stressors and identity orientation, including the role of thriving at work and employee investment as intervening mechanisms of this relationship. Results showed that challenge stressors had a significant positive relationship with identity orientation. The results also confirmed the sequential mediation of thriving at work and employee investment in the relationship between challenge stressors and identity orientation. The findings suggest that the positive side of stress as a strength motivates employees for continued self-development. Importantly, challenge stressors enhance employees' ability to thrive at work and, in turn, they invest in the work more and identify themselves strongly with their organization and work. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33329186/Identities_Hidden_in_Challenges:_The_Sequential_Mediation_of_Thriving_at_Work_and_Employee_Investment_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -