Title: The tri-dimensional thriving scale: measurement and construct validity

Authors: Ghulam Abid; Alia Ahmed; Tahira Hassan Butt

Addresses: School of Business Administration, National College of Business Administration and Economics, 40-E1, Gulberg III, Lahore, Pakistan ' School of Business Administration, National College of Business Administration and Economics, 40-E1, Gulberg III, Lahore, Pakistan ' School of Business Administration, National College of Business Administration and Economics, 40-E1, Gulberg III, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract: Thriving is not merely a psychological or physical state or trait; it is rather a 'dynamic process of adaptation, influenced by numerous individual and social factors. It emerges and changes over a life span and may be identified in one's behavioural, cognitive, or affective domains'. Upon this premise, we identify thriving as a multidimensional construct, which requires an equally compatible scale to capture its multifacetedness. Hence, we propose a more comprehensive tri-dimensional thriving scale (TTS) based on a series of studies. The study uses a mixed methods approach, including in-depth interviews and quantitative surveys. For additional support, we also investigated our scale's convergent and discriminant validity with other theoretically similar constructs such as vigour, engagement, energy, passion, and happiness.

Keywords: tri-dimensional thriving; construct development; convergent validity; discriminant validity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2022.126911

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2022 Vol.28 No.2, pp.139 - 156

Received: 25 Jan 2020
Accepted: 20 Mar 2020
Published online: 12 Nov 2022 *

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