The Mediating Role of Thriving at Work Between Psychological Safety Climate and Pro-social Rule Breaking An Empirical Study on McDonald's Manfoods Egypt

This research aims to identify the impact of psychological safety climate on both pro-social rule breaking and thriving at work. Also to identify the impact of thriving at work on pro-social rule breaking and to identify the impact of thriving at work as a mediating variable in the relationship between psychological safety climate and pro-social rule breaking.
This research was conducted on a sample of employees at McDonald's Manfoods Egypt. Data were collected through a survey list and 370 questionnaires were distributed on the study sample, of which 340 questionnaires were subjected to statistical treatment. Data were analyzed and the research hypotheses were tested using a set of appropriate statistical methods.
The study reached the following results: There is a statistically significant impact of the psychological safety climate on pro-social rule breaking. There is a statistically significant impact of thriving at work on pro-social rule breaking. There is a statistically significant impact of psychological safety climate on thriving at work. There is an indirect statistically significant impact of psychological safety climate and its dimensions (Supreme Management support and commitment, Management giving priority to psychological safety climate, organizational communication and organizational participation) on pro-social rule breaking and its dimensions (elevating work efficiency and effectiveness, assisting work colleagues, promoting customer service) by mediating thriving at work and its dimensions (vitality, learning).
On light of these results, a set of recommendations were proposed to contribute in uplifting the efficiency and effectiveness of work at McDonald's Manfoods Egypt.