A Strategic Look at thriving at work: Identifying antecedents in the Employees of the General Department of Taxation

Aim and introduction: A strategic look at the thiriving of the employees is important and necessary, and on the other hand, the thriving of the organization in this era depends on the capabilities of the employees. Therefore, Gallup considers a thrived manpower as a competitive advantage for the organization, because the thriving at work helps to avoid negative personal consequences such as stress, depression and physical diseases. Thriving strategies in the workplace are an important element for preserving human capital, using their latent capacities and improving individual and organizational performance. Thriving at work is a factor that not only causes the growth of positive factors in the organization such as organizational citizenship behavior, job satisfaction and organizational loyalty, but also reduces the negative aspects of behavior such as burnout and absenteeism, and in general causes The efficiency of the organization is increased. Researchers are trying to identify factors so that they can provide the basis for the thiriving of employees in organizations. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the antecedents affecting the thiriving of employees at work, the employees of the General Department of Tax Affairs of Semnan province. Perceived organizational support, job autonomy, civility in the work environment, proactive personality and organizational trust are the variables that were investigated as antecedents in this study.Methodology: The current research in terms of purpose: practical; In terms of strategy: survey; In terms of research method: quantitative, in terms of time horizon: single-section, in terms of data collection method: questionnaire, and in terms of subject area, it is in the field of organizational behavior and human resources. The statistical population of this research includes the employees of the General Administration of Tax Affairs of Semnan Province, whose number is 320. Based on Cochran's sampling formula, including 5% error rate, the statistical sample of the research was calculated equal to 175 employees, in order to be more careful and increase the reliability of data analysis results, 190 questionnaires were distributed and finally 180 questionnaires was collected. In order to measure the thiriving at work variable, using the 10-item scale of Porath et al. (2012) with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.892, to measure the measure of perceived organizational support, using the 8-item scale of Eisenb