Abstract
The basic aim of the current study was to investigate the mediating role of positive affect in the relationship between positive work events and thriving and between positive work events and passion, in the light of Affective events theoru. The data was collected in a time lagged design (one month gap) from 507 employees working in service-based organizations located in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Based upon the empirical findings it was concluded that positive work events serve as an important source for actualizing positive emotions at work and in turn, one becomes a passionate and thriving at work. this study was a unique contrivution to the literature of affective events theory, as there is a searcity of evidence on the existence of the unique proposed model. Moreover this study will be useful for the managers who can deliberately exert effort in creating positive events in the form of healthy interactions so that benefits can be reaped in form of a passionate and thriving workforce.

Sidrah Al Hassan, Tanseen Fatima, Imran Saeed, Tariq Iqbal Khan. (2018) Positive Work Events and Outcomes: Affective Events Perspective, Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 4.
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