TY - JOUR
T1 - The Wind Beneath My Wings
T2 - Effects of Social Support on Daily Use of Character Strengths at Work
AU - Lavy, Shiri
AU - Littman-Ovadia, Hadassah
AU - Boiman-Meshita, Maayan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Using character strengths at work has been associated with desirable feelings, attitudes, and functioning. However, factors promoting strengths use at work have rarely been studied. In the present study, we focused on social support, a key contributor to employees’ functioning and well-being, and examined the effects of supervisor and colleague support on employees’ strengths use. Participants (N = 120) completed daily measures of their supervisors’ and colleagues’ support, and their use of strengths at work, over 10 workdays. Results indicated that supervisor support (but not colleague support) on a given day predicted increased strengths use on the following day. These results point to the potentially unique role of supervisors (and not colleagues) in promoting employees’ fulfillment of their potential at work and call for examination of strengths use as a mechanism underlying desirable effects of supervisor support on employees’ attitudes and behaviors.
AB - Using character strengths at work has been associated with desirable feelings, attitudes, and functioning. However, factors promoting strengths use at work have rarely been studied. In the present study, we focused on social support, a key contributor to employees’ functioning and well-being, and examined the effects of supervisor and colleague support on employees’ strengths use. Participants (N = 120) completed daily measures of their supervisors’ and colleagues’ support, and their use of strengths at work, over 10 workdays. Results indicated that supervisor support (but not colleague support) on a given day predicted increased strengths use on the following day. These results point to the potentially unique role of supervisors (and not colleagues) in promoting employees’ fulfillment of their potential at work and call for examination of strengths use as a mechanism underlying desirable effects of supervisor support on employees’ attitudes and behaviors.
KW - colleague support
KW - daily diary study
KW - strengths at work
KW - strengths deployment
KW - strengths use
KW - supervisor support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031090188&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1069072716665861
DO - 10.1177/1069072716665861
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AN - SCOPUS:85031090188
SN - 1069-0727
VL - 25
SP - 703
EP - 714
JO - Journal of Career Assessment
JF - Journal of Career Assessment
IS - 4
ER -