Table 1 Review of key literature on thriving at work.

From: Unveiling the job characteristics-creativity rapport through the bridge of thriving: a self-determination perspective from the Chinese hospitality sector

Authors

Study topic

Antecedents

Outcomes

Chang and Busser (2020)

Hospitality career retention: the role of contextual factors and thriving at work

Contextual factors

Career retention

Shahid et al. (2020)

Mapping the antecedents and consequences of thriving at work

Agentic work behaviors, psychological empowerment

Psychological capital, Innovative work behaviors

Jiang et al. (2020)

Thriving at work: a mentoring-moderated process linking task identity and autonomy to job satisfaction

Task identity, job autonomy

Job satisfaction

Ryan and Deci (2020)

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: definitions, theory, practices, and future directions

  

Wu and Chen (2019)

Inspiring prosociality in hotel workplaces: roles of authentic leadership, collective mindfulness, and collective thriving

Authentic leadership

Helping behavior

Yang et al. (2019)

Why and when paradoxical Leader behavior impacts employee creativity: thriving at work and psychological safety

Paradoxical leadership

creativity

Kleine et al. (2019)

Thriving at work: a meta-analysis

Individual characteristics, relational resources

Health, performance and attitudinal outcomes

Zhang et al. (2019)

High-performance work system and employee performance: the mediating roles of social exchange and thriving and the moderating effect of employee proactive personality

High-performance work system

Task performance and OCB

Jiang et al. (2019)

Workplace thriving in China

Learning goal orientation, exploration at work, role ambiguity

Spreitzer et al. (2005)

A socially-embedded model of thriving at work

Agentic work behaviors

Development and health