Garg Naval, Mahipalan Manju, Poulose Shobitha, Burgess John
University School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Delhi Technological University, Rohini, India.
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 22;13:849412. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.849412. eCollection 2022.
The study examines the necessity and sufficiency of gratitude for supporting workplace happiness among Indian university teachers. It also explores the mediating effect of psychological capital and social capital in the relationship between gratitude and workplace happiness. The moderating effect of spiritual climate is investigated. A survey of 726 university staff in India was undertaken to examine the relationship between gratitude and workplace happiness. A series of statistical tests involving correlation, multiple regression, and necessary condition analysis was undertaken from the data set. The mediation effect of psychological capital and social capital was investigated using bootstrapping estimates using PROCESS Macro in SPSS. Also, the moderation effect of spiritual climate was explored using PROCESS Macro in SPSS. The results reveal that gratitude is both a sufficient and necessary condition for workplace happiness. It also suggests a significant mediating effect of psychological capital and social capital. Also, a significant effect of spiritual climate amid the relationship between gratitude and workplace happiness is concluded. The study is one of the first studies that explore the relationship between gratitude and workplace happiness. It examines the mechanism through which gratitude influences happiness in the workplace.
该研究考察了感恩对于支持印度大学教师工作场所幸福感的必要性和充分性。它还探讨了心理资本和社会资本在感恩与工作场所幸福感关系中的中介作用。研究了精神氛围的调节作用。对印度726名大学员工进行了一项调查，以考察感恩与工作场所幸福感之间的关系。从数据集中进行了一系列涉及相关性、多元回归和必要条件分析的统计测试。使用SPSS中的PROCESS宏通过自抽样估计来研究心理资本和社会资本的中介作用。此外，使用SPSS中的PROCESS宏来探讨精神氛围的调节作用。结果表明，感恩既是工作场所幸福感的充分条件也是必要条件。研究还表明心理资本和社会资本具有显著的中介作用。此外，得出精神氛围在感恩与工作场所幸福感关系中具有显著作用的结论。该研究是最早探索感恩与工作场所幸福感关系的研究之一。它考察了感恩影响工作场所幸福感的机制。
