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Much is known about the literacies of early life, adolescence and some aspects of adulthood such as workplace literacies, but there has been a dearth of attention to the literacies of late life. The invisibility of these literacies has the potential to skew how curricula, pedagogy and policy developers understand and plan for literacies that can sustain people across the life course. It also can play into deficit discourses of elders, such as those prevalent during the COVID‐19 pandemic, that have led to a parallel pandemic of ageism. To reverse this invisibility, this study aimed to bring to light the everyday literacies of thriving elders and the people, places and things involved therein. Through a sociomaterial orientation to literacies and adoption of a modified Day‐in‐the‐Life methodology, this paper reports on the everyday literacies of ‘Gina', an octogenarian woman who resided in an assisted living residence in the United States and self‐identified as thriving. The study identified six key literacies‐as‐events in Gina's day that engaged a plethora of (im)material constituents such as memories, art materials and novels and created opportunities for the (re)invention of time and space. Lessons from Gina's day suggest what might be possible in/through literacies at all ages. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Literacy is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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This chapter provides details of both the student thriving model and the socially embedded model of thriving at work. Both models place an onus on higher education institutions for ensuring that members of the community thrive. The chapter considers how these models might apply to a clearer understanding of how students, staff, and faculty at the University of Utah managed the transition to online learning, teaching, and work during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the joint effort necessary for thriving to occur, the chapter explores whether thriving is even possible during a time of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes participants' experiences of loss of community;lack of information and acknowledgement of effort;deep learning and adaptation;anger, frustration, joy, and gratitude;and feelings of success and failure. In many cases, elements of thriving were present in these experiences, but the University of Utah was clearly limited in its ability to provide conditions for thriving as the entire campus moved to an online modality. Additionally, many participants experienced significant challenges to their mental health and well-being, in many cases breaking the cycle of sustaining thriving noted by Spreitzer. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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This chapter is this handbook's ‘grand finale', addressing the potential of salutogenesis to nurture thriving societies. The handbook's editors reflect on the advancement of salutogenesis concerning theory development, applying the salutogenic model in community settings and helping society tackle crises such as COVID-19. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s);first edition published by Springer International Publishing, 2017, 2022 This book is an open access publication.
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Academics around the world continue to demonstrate strength to overcome the initial hurdles of COVID-19. But resilient academics show sustained engagement despite the continuing changes and uncertainties during these ongoing challenging times. In this concluding chapter, we synthesise the key takeaways from each chapter-narratives that may support academics at every career stage to feel energised, motivated and inspired in times of adversity. We share critical insights and strategies that may assist academics forge ahead in a post- pandemic world. In doing so, we advance the Academic Resilience Model that may help academics-and institutions-thrive in times of adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Purpose: This study aims to investigate the significant role of restaurant employees' relational resources to promote thriving at work. The mediating effect of heedful relating was focused on as an underlying mechanism. This study also investigated the moderating effect of employees' perceived COVID-19 impact on the hypothesized relationships. Design/methodology/approach: The research model was tested with frontline restaurant employees working in full-service restaurants using the convenience sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire was used for an online survey. A total of 361 responses were analyzed with structural equation modeling, bootstrapping analysis and multi-group analysis. Findings: The results showed the significant relationships not only between relational resources and thriving at work but also between relational resources and heedful relating. Heedful relating was significantly associated with thriving at work. The significant mediating effect of heedful relating was supported. The moderating effect of the perceived COVID-19 impact on the association between leader–member exchange and thriving was significant. Research limitations/implications: Employees' relational resources at work leads to thriving at work both directly and indirectly through the impact of heedful relating. The findings contributed to the literature on human resource management and hospitality. Moreover, the study presented implications for the restaurant industry to promote employees' self-adaptation and development in a post-pandemic era. Originality/value: With the study findings, the importance of relational aspects to foster restaurant employees' thriving at work could be highlighted which reflects the unique nature of the restaurant industry. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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PurposeDrawing upon the conservation of resource (COR) theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating role of knowledge hiding in the relationship between job insecurity and two dimensions of thriving at work, i.e. learning and vitality. The study further aims to investigate the moderating role of benevolent leadership in the aforementioned mediating relationship by applying the moderated mediation framework.Design/methodology/approachThe sample for the study consisted of employees working in service sector in India. The hypotheses were tested with two wave survey data collected from 365 employees during the COVID-19 pandemic when the Indian Government was lifting phase wise restrictions. Data was analyzed using mediation and moderated mediation analyses on PROCESS v 3.0 macro.FindingsResults showed that knowledge hiding mediated the relationship between job insecurity and both dimensions of thriving at work. Further, benevolent leadership was seen to moderate the mediated relationship providing support for the moderated mediation framework.Practical implicationsThe results highlight the significance of providing benevolent leadership training to the managers to help them cope with the anxiety arising out of job insecurity. Further, employees need to be cautioned regarding the deleterious effects of knowledge hiding, which can impede their own learning and vitality.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the mediating role of knowledge hiding in the relationship between job insecurity and thriving. Further, the role played by benevolent leadership in mitigating the harmful effects of job insecurity especially during COVID-19 pandemic is a unique contribution of the study.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of socio-cognitive mindfulness on resilience, stress and thriving among middle managers in higher education at two separate periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Study 1, the authors examined how socio-cognitive mindfulness predicted perceived stress and whether the relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress was mediated by resilience. In Study 2, the authors replicated the first study and further hypothesized that the link between mindfulness and thriving was also mediated by resilience. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted cross-sectional correlational studies to test the hypotheses using data from 163 middle managers in higher education early in the pandemic in Study 1 and 204 middle managers a year later in Study 2. Findings: Study 1 findings showed socio-cognitive mindfulness predicted perceived stress, and that resilience fully mediated this relationship. In Study 2, socio-cognitive mindfulness did not predict perceived stress, but it did predict thriving, and that relationship was fully mediated by resilience. Originality/value: This research is the first to address how socio-cognitive mindfulness directly impacts perceived stress and thriving and its impact through building resilience. To date, few studies have focused on stress in higher education middle managers or addressed the importance of building socio-cognitive mindfulness and resilience to thrive amid ongoing challenges. Implications of the pandemic's influence on the results are also addressed. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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The work environment has drastically changed in the last 10 years, necessitating a new look at which soft skills are most relevant in today's workplace. Because of COVID-19, organizations had to rapidly adjust where and how they work. According to the Pew Research Center, 71% of adults, who can perform their work responsibilities from home, are now working remotely. Then, the workplace shifted again during the "Great Resignation” where an all-time record of 24 million employees left their jobs between April and September 2021. This shift is ever more important as research in the last decade indicates that soft skills are being valued more compared to hard skills during the hiring process. The current study replicated Robles's (2012) study of soft skills to find which soft skills are most relevant to a thriving work environment in 2022. Results indicate that soft skills emphasizing employee initiative and including others in processes are most relevant today, including Adaptable, Agency, Conscientious, Contextual Awareness, Create Clarity, Curiosity, Engage the Mess, Genuine Care, Integrity, Partnership, Play, Positive Energy, Social Skills, and Suppress the Noise. © 2023 by the Association for Business Communication.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of socio-cognitive mindfulness on resilience, stress and thriving among middle managers in higher education at two separate periods during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Study 1, the authors examined how socio-cognitive mindfulness predicted perceived stress and whether the relationship between mindfulness and perceived stress was mediated by resilience. In Study 2, the authors replicated the first study and further hypothesized that the link between mindfulness and thriving was also mediated by resilience. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted cross-sectional correlational studies to test the hypotheses using data from 163 middle managers in higher education early in the pandemic in Study 1 and 204 middle managers a year later in Study 2. Findings: Study 1 findings showed socio-cognitive mindfulness predicted perceived stress, and that resilience fully mediated this relationship. In Study 2, socio-cognitive mindfulness did not predict perceived stress, but it did predict thriving, and that relationship was fully mediated by resilience. Originality/value: This research is the first to address how socio-cognitive mindfulness directly impacts perceived stress and thriving and its impact through building resilience. To date, few studies have focused on stress in higher education middle managers or addressed the importance of building socio-cognitive mindfulness and resilience to thrive amid ongoing challenges. Implications of the pandemic's influence on the results are also addressed. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Building upon self-determination theory and social exchange theory, this study proposes a research framework and examines the formation of service innovation performance. Data was collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. A total of 374 hotel employees from 92 departments were collected in Taiwan. The results revealed that both leader-member exchange (LMX) and coworker support exert positive effects on thriving at work and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Besides, thriving at work exerted positive effects on change-oriented OCB, and change-oriented OCB exerted positive effects on service innovation performance. Furthermore, thriving at work partially mediated (1) the relationship between LMX and change-oriented OCB, and (2) the relationship between coworker support and change-oriented OCB. © 2022 The Authors
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Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health concern exacerbated by the pandemic. Experiences of violence vary based on geographic location and living in rural communities has been found, in some contexts, to amplify consequences of IPV. Resilience, the ability to survive and thrive despite facing adversity, has long been a dominant narrative within IPV literature, yet little is known about how resilience is cultivated among rural women experiencing violence. The purpose of this study was to explore how rural women experiencing IPV cultivate resilience. Methods: Using Interpretive Description, in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 14 women who experienced IPV and 12 staff from women's shelters across rural communities in Ontario, Canada to elicit perspectives about women's resilience and environmental conditions that may shape resilience in the context of IPV. Results: Women's resilience was cultivated by personal changes aimed at surviving or thriving, and aspects of their environment that enabled or created barriers for resilience. Women adopted a positive, hopeful mindset and bolstered their inner strength through living from a place of integrity, being resolute in decisions, and using mental resistance when faced with doubt. Women faced barriers to resilience in the form of unhelpful help and COVID-19 public health guidelines. Paradoxically, living in a rural community both cultivated and undermined resilience. Conclusions: Supporting women to cultivate resilience through modifying environmental factors to enable personal strengths to flourish is paramount in supporting women who have experienced IPV, particularly in rural contexts.
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Academics around the world continue to demonstrate strength to overcome the initial hurdles of COVID-19. But resilient academics show sustained engagement despite the continuing changes and uncertainties during these ongoing challenging times. In this concluding chapter, we synthesise the key takeaways from each chapter-narratives that may support academics at every career stage to feel energised, motivated and inspired in times of adversity. We share critical insights and strategies that may assist academics forge ahead in a post- pandemic world. In doing so, we advance the Academic Resilience Model that may help academics-and institutions-thrive in times of adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reaching full employment and reducing the unemployment rate is one of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) issued by the United Nations to face COVID-19 and the complex global economic situation. Although governments, society, and organizations have made efforts towards SDGs, how employees exert their subjective initiative and enhance their career adaptability is fundamental to solve the employment issue. How to enhance employees’ career adaptability to strengthen their psychological ability to face career changes is the guarantee of sustainable employment. In the light of the main force role and the unique characteristics of the new generation of employees in the workplace, this study aims to explore the relation between a proactive personality and career adaptability. According to the career construction theory, this study constructed a moderated mediation model to test the effect of a proactive personality on career adaptability through career identity and thriving at work, and the moderating role of task interdependence. Surveying 285 new-generation employees in China, this research found that a proactive personality had a significant positive impact on career adaptability, and that career identity and thriving at work mediate the relation. Task interdependence moderated this relation. Our findings extend the research of career construction theory on individual factors and contextual factors, and offer insights into enhancing the sustainability of human resource management and supporting sustainable economic development.
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has raised deserved concern regarding adverse impacts on parents' and children's mental health, regulations like "sheltering-in-place" may have afforded parents novel opportunities to foster positive family connections, thereby bolstering well-being. Using latent profile analysis (LPA), we (a) distinguished family thriving during shelter-in-place (May-June 2020) from other patterns of family functioning, (b) tested potential predictors of family functioning profiles, and (c) examined if family thriving predicted subsequent child adjustment (September-October 2020). 449 parents in two-parent U.S. families with children aged 2-18 years completed online surveys assessing (a) parent-child relationship quality, parents' positive psychological adjustment, children's emotional well-being, and parenting efficacy and satisfaction as family functioning indicators, (b) financial, marital, parental psychosocial assets, and child (age, gender, and temperament) predictors of family functioning, and (c) child adjustment. LPA identified four family functioning profiles: Thriving, Managing, Struggling, and Distressed. Thriving families evinced higher scores on all functioning indicators. Logistic regressions revealed that parents in Thriving families reported significantly lower financial anxiety, less dissatisfaction with partner's help, less child emotionality, and greater use of cognitive reappraisal, as well as more positive child adjustment in Fall 2020. These findings underscore the multidimensional nature of coping and well-being during COVID-19. Utilizing these levers to promote mental health in families languishing during comparable future crises could promote resilience, thereby protecting children's well-being.
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Thriving at work is a type of mental state in which an individual feels vigorous and learning at the same time in the job. Previous studies have shown that individual internal motivation is relevant to thriving at work and volunteer behaviors, but the role of motivation is still to be further explored. Based self-determination theory, this study focuses on the mediating effects of job burnout and psychological capital on the relationship between volunteer motivation and thriving at work. Three hundred forty-nine college student volunteers who participated in psychological assistance volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic were investigated using the Volunteer Function Motivation Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory, PsyCap Questionnaire, and Thriving at work scale. The results indicated that job burnout and psychological capital mediate the relationship between volunteer motivation and thriving at work. The results not only offer important theoretical insights of Volunteer Motivation and Thriving at Work, but also generate practical implications regarding how to use motivating Volunteer behavior and enhanced wellbeing at work.
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Based on the conservation of resource (COR) theory, this study examines the effects of team burnout on the positive team and individual outcomes - team psychological safety and individual civility;mediated by workplace thriving among nurses. Data was collected in a multistage sampling from 447 nurses in three government hospitals through a questionnaire-based survey. Data were aggregated and analysed using the multi-level regression model. Resulted highlighted that a negative relationship exists between team burnout and team psychological safety and also between team burnout and individual civility. Team thriving was found to mediate the relationship between team burnout and civility. This study provides one of the initial empirical evidences of team level burnout and contributions to discussions on the measurement of burnout at the team level and its consequences. Furthermore, this study provides a practical understanding of the negative effects of nurses' team burnout at the team and individual levels through the lens of the conservation of resource theory. This study fills a gap by using the COR theory and focusing on nurses in selected government hospitals in Ghana to examine team and individual level outcomes of burnout.
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This chapter focuses on promoting student engagement in heath profession education. Discussions will include the longstanding issues related to student engagement that were evident before the COVID-19 pandemic, how these issues associated with engagement were magnified during the pandemic, and how these issues have been transformed into new opportunities to enhance student engagement as we collectively enter the post-pandemic era. Elements of wellbeing, resiliency, and motivation, as they relate to engagement, are explored in depth. Strategies to promote student engagement in the future classroom are discussed in addition to considerations for stronger faculty engagement surrounding teaching. Throughout the chapter, the experiences of one school of pharmacy will be described, providing examples of strategies for enhancing engagement in the post-pandemic classroom. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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The Covid-19 pandemic changed students’ educational experience in dramatic ways, especially in regards to the switch to total online learning and lack of in-person interactions with classmates and faculty. In addition, the crisis in healthcare affected students’ clinical experience placements. Mental health issues were exacerbated. Despite these changes and challenges it is difficult to hypothesize how it impacted student’s thriving. This article expands upon the authors’ previous research by exploring thriving levels during the semester before the pandemic and the three subsequent semesters. Students in Clinical Laboratory Science, Occupational Therapy and Therapeutic Recreation programs participated in an online survey using the Thriving Quotient (Schreiner, 2010) and open-ended questions to collect quantitative-qualitative data. Results showed that difficulties juggling demands decreased;challenges of online learning subsided and became a support to thriving and loneliness was experienced across all four semesters. Quantitative and qualitative data from our study suggests that, despite the disruption and dissatisfaction, students in our professional programs continued to thrive academically. Recommendations for improving student thriving are provided. © 2022, North American Business Press. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted structural inequities that are barriers to thriving for children in neighborhoods with concentrated disadvantage. Health systems are increasingly addressing health-related social needs. The "Pittsburgh Study" is a longitudinal, community-partnered study focused on child and adolescent thriving and racial equity. This initiative will elucidate critical influences on childhood health and thriving, evaluate developmentally appropriate interventions to improve outcomes from birth to high school, and establish a child health data hub. Integration of community members into scientific inquiry, rapid data-to-action cycles, and workforce development are strategies health systems may consider to enhance child health equity.
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While the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered individuals' lives worldwide, it has been perhaps especially disruptive to the lives of sojourners as many have been unable to return home and are absent from their families, a familiar culture, and normal social support systems. While it is important to ask how such individuals can successfully survive in such a crisis, we were interested in extending our knowledge and understanding by asking "how can such individuals move beyond mere surviving to a state of thriving?" In answering this question, we utilized a positive psychology framework to develop a theoretical model wherein we expected higher/lower levels of perceived social support from host country people (i.e., host country support) to result in higher/lower levels of perceived gratitude, which would then result in higher/lower levels of thriving, and ethnocentrism moderated this indirect effect. To test our model, we utilized a sample of sojourners who responded to a survey measuring ethnocentrism (February 2020). We then administered daily surveys measuring perceived host country support, gratitude, and thriving over a nine-day period during the COVID-19 crisis (March 26-April 3, 2020). Results supported the indirect effect of host country support on thriving via gratitude. Further, we found that sojourners with lower levels of ethnocentrism exhibited stronger host country support- gratitude link, hence stronger indirect effect of host country support on thriving via gratitude. We close by offering implications for the existing literature, future research, and organizational practices.