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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Thriving from Work: Conceptualization and Measurement.

Susan E Peters, Glorian Sorensen, Jeffrey N Katz, Daniel A Gundersen, Gregory R Wagner

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Thriving from Work Questionnaire: Validation of a Measure of Worker Wellbeing Among Older U.S. Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  13. Expanding the Focus of Occupational Safety and Health: Lessons from a Series of Linked Scientific Meetings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susan E PetersDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2705-643X
Glorian SorensenDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jeffrey N KatzDepartments of Orthopedic Surgery and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Daniel A GundersenSurvey and Qualitative Methods Core, Division of Population Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Gregory R WagnerDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4165-7079
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

The HSPH Education and Research Center of Occupational Safety and HealthT42OH008416 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C · 2005 to 2025
$30.5M
The Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and WellbeingU19OH008861 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI SORENSEN, GLORIAN C · 2007 to 2025
$23.9M
NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008416NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH008861
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Work is a major contributor to our health and well-being. Workers' thriving is directly influenced by their job design, work environment and organization. The purpose of this report is to describe the qualitative methods used to develop the candidate items for a novel measure of Thriving from Work through a multi-step iterative process including: a literature review, workshop, interviews with experts, and cognitive testing of the candidate items. Through this process, we defined Thriving from Work as the state of positive mental, physical, and social functioning in which workers' experiences of their work and working conditions enable them to thrive in their overall lives, contributing to their ability to achieve their full potential in their work, home, and community. Thriving from Work was conceptualized into 37 attributes across seven dimensions: psychological, emotional, social, work-life integration, basic needs, experience of work, and health. We ultimately identified, developed and/or modified 87 candidate questionnaire items mapped to these attributes that performed well in cognitive testing in demographically and occupationally diverse workers. The Thriving from Work Questionnaire will be subjected to psychometric testing and item reduction in future studies. Individual items demonstrated face validity and good cognitive response properties and may be used independently from the questionnaire.

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Concept FormationEmotionsHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairescognitive interviewingflourishinghealthy work design and well-beingmeasurement of well-beingquestionnaire designsurvey designthrivingtotal worker healthworker thrivingworker well-being

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PMID34281131
PMCPMC8296939
OpenAlexW3177978448

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