A descriptive phenomenological study on thriving at work experience

The current thesis conducted with a qualitative methodological approach and descriptive phenomenological design has been carried out aiming to explain the structure and essence of the thriving at work experiences of the university administrative staff. Based on Husserl's (1931) philosophy and analyzed with Colaizzi's (1978) analysis technique thriving at work experience of university administrative staff have been revealed as a phenomenon consisting by three structural themes 1) elements that facilitate thriving at work; 2) definitions of thriving at work and 3) indicators of thriving at work. Within the scope of the findings, thriving at work experience of the university administrative staff has been defined as a continuous process, not an instant experience including learning from their colleagues, directly through personal efforts and personal practice, indirectly from past experiences, observed in both organizational and non-organizational life, multi-faceted expressed with a sense of reassuring and happiness.