“…By using SM, thriving is either supported or impeded by the connections between employees, resources, and opportunities. It is possible that resource sharing and resource generation play an important part in the appropriate use of technology, and this makes SM relevant because it provides an extended social context that cultivates different work resources, enabling the experience of thriving (Hussain et al, 2022;Peters et al, 2021). Besides, other antecedent variables of thriving, such as information sharing, friendship, relationship building, constructive conversations, supportive environments, participation, and collaborative relationships, are, to an extent, reflective of SM affordances (Abid & Contreras, 2022;Kietzmann et al, 2011;Kleine et al, 2019).…”