Abstract
The flourishing at work has attracted growing interest from scholars, in the context of the Job Demands and Resources model. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of a personal resource (dispositional forgiveness) and a job resource (emotional social support) with the flourishing at work of nurses, as well as to evaluate the mediating role of emotional social support on those relationships. The sample consisted of 515 nurses. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that dispositional forgiveness and emotional social support were positively related to flourishing at work. In addition, emotional social support mediated partially the relationship between dispositional forgiveness and flourishing at work. Schooling had also an impact on flourishing at work. The partial mediation model presented adequate fit indexes. The results demonstrated the relevance of emotional social support for the flourishing state at work, as well as its relation to dispositional forgiveness. The study has advanced on the explanation of some factors responsible for flourishing at work in nurses, an occupational category of great importance for the society.
Flourishing at Work; Emotional Social Support; Dispositional Forgiveness; Well-Being at Work
Nota: A figura é uma representação gráfica do modelo. O efeito do perdão disposicional sobre o florescimento no trabalho é o efeito direto (c’), após o controle dos efeitos de mediação. Todos os efeitos foram significativos a nível p < 0,001.