Effect of psychological capital and proactive personality on training motivation and self development behavior with mediating thriving at work in the social security staff of Ahvaz

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of psychological capital and proactive personality on training motivation and self-development with mediating thriving at work in the Social Security staff of Ahvaz. The statistical population of this study included 267 employees of Ahvaz Social Security in 2019 who were selected by convenience sampling method. The instrument used in the study were Seibert et al. Proactive Personality Scale (1999), Luthans et al. Psychological Capital Questionnaire (2007), Spreitzer et al. Thriving at Work Scale (2012), Xu Self-Development Behavior Questionnaire (2007), Noe & Wilk Training Motivation Questionnaire (1993), and Xiao Training Transfer Questionnaire (1996). Data analysis was performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SPSS and AMOS. Results showed that proposed model fit the data properly. Results also showed that direct effect of proactive personality and psychological capital to thriving at work were significant. In addition, the direct effect of thriving at work at self- development behavior and training motivation were significant. (p<0.0001). The results of indirect pathways showed that proactive personality has a positive effect on training motivation and self-development behavior through thriving at work. But the paths of psychological capital to self-development behavior and training motivation through thriving at work were not significant (p<0.05). Thus, supervisors and managers can encourage their employees to be proactive and innovative in order to increase the positive consequences of individual and organizational thriving.

Keywords

• proactive personality
• psychological capital
• self-development behaviors
• training motivation
• social security staff