Effects of gratitude intervention on mental health and well-being among workers: A systematic review

Komase, Yu; Watanabe, Kazuhiro; Hori, Daisuke; Nozawa, Kyosuke; Hidaka, Yui; Iida, M.; Imamura, Kotaro; Kawakami, Norito

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“…The present findings also have a number of practical implications. First, while dispositional gratitude is commonly viewed as a stable individual difference, it can also be improved through training or other interventions (e.g., Grant & Gino, 2010; Komase et al, 2021; Wood et al, 2010). Previous studies have shown that such interventions can promote gratitude (e.g., Locklear et al, 2021), so facilitating valued workplace outcomes such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Mukhtar & Al-Barri, 2018; Stegen & Wankier, 2018).…”

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How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-being and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

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Journal of Career Assessment

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Dispositional gratitude has recently emerged as a variable of interest in organizational contexts. However, it remains unclear whether dispositional gratitude is predictive of employee well-being, with limited theoretical and empirical elucidation of the underlying mechanisms. To address these limitations, the present study investigated dispositional gratitude as a predictor of employee well-being and organizational commitment. Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory of positive affect, the study also examined whether the social bonding resources of leader-member exchange (LMX) and coworker exchange (CWX) mediated these effects. The participating employees ( N = 300) completed the survey in three waves at one-week intervals. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) confirm that dispositional gratitude is positively related to employee well-being and organizational commitment and that these effects are mediated by LMX and CWX. The paper concludes by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of these findings, the study’s limitations, and future research directions.

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How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-being and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

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“…By September 2021, French Junior Minister of Citizenship Marlène Schiappa announced the approval of 12,012 citizenship applications from frontline healthcare workers [ 22 ]. Although there has been no published research on the impact of this gesture on non-national physicians in France, it is well established that gestures of gratitude are associated with better psychological well-being [ 23 , 24 ]. In the UK, frontline Pakistani emigrant physicians unanimously reported that the gratitude displayed through government support and campaigns, such as priority in shops, slogans thanking the National Health Service (NHS) staff, and the weekly ‘clap for the NHS’, had a positive impact on their experience through the pandemic [ 25 ].…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland

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Background International doctors make up nearly half of the physicians working in Ireland and are an integral part of the health service. The COVID-19 pandemic declared in March 2020 led to a global healthcare emergency. Resulting national lockdowns precluded travel at a time of need for family support. Aim We aimed to measure the professional, psychosocial, and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-EEA doctors working in Ireland. Methods An 88-item online survey of demographics, well-being, and financial resilience was circulated nationally between November 2021 and January 2022. The results were analysed using RStudio and Microsoft Excel 365. Results One hundred thirty-eight responses were received. Sixty-two percent of responders reported wishing to stay in Ireland long-term and 44% had applied for citizenship. Despite 80% of responders working in their desired speciality, only 36% were on a specialist training scheme. Forty-seven percent felt their career was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy-three percent of respondents reported missing significant events in their home country. Over 50% reported significant mental health issues personally or in their families; however, only a minority sought professional help. Financial issues were a source of anxiety for 15% of respondents. Financial resilience was poor, 20% of respondents cited a 1-month financial reserve, 10% had a personal pension, and 9% had made a will. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has had a multifactorial negative impact on non-national doctors working in Ireland. More must be done to offer multidimensional support to this cohort who are a crucial part of the underserviced Irish healthcare system.

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“…While there is a plethora of research and commentary on gratitude (e.g., Emmons and McCullough, 2003;Emmons and Mishra, 2011;Davis et al, 2016;Cunha et al, 2019;Yoo, 2020;Nawa and Yamagishi, 2021), gratitude at work (e.g., Cortini et al, 2019;Komase et al, 2019;Chhajer and Dutta, 2021;Komase et al, 2021;Unanue et al, 2021), and gratitude during the pandemic (e.g., Fishman, 2020;Feng and Yin, 2021;Jans-Beken, 2021;Fekete and Deichert, 2022), to the best of the authors' knowledge, research on gratitude at work during the pandemic remains a lacuna (Youssef-Morgan et al, 2022).…”

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“…Gratitude has been linked to a number of wellbeing-related outcomes for people, such as mental health, contentment, happiness, a healthy sense of pride, hope, a higher degree of life satisfaction, and reduced stress and depression (Lavelock et al, 2016;Randolph, 2017;Cain et al, 2019;Komase et al, 2019Komase et al, , 2021Nezlek et al, 2019).…”

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Thankful employees: The manifestation of gratitude at work during a pandemic in South Africa

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Gratitude or the appreciation of being given something of value, is an important element in positive emotions within positive psychology. Gratitude has been linked to wellbeing and gratitude in the workplace is positively associated with constructs such as performance and organizational citizenship behavior. The pandemic brought on many negative experiences but employees could still find things to be grateful for during this time. The purpose of the study was to understand what aspects of work and the organization employees were grateful for during the pandemic. A generic qualitative approach was used. Participants were sourced from various industries in South Africa using purposive sampling. Data were gathered through 21 semi-structured interviews of working people in South Africa. Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis revealed five themes, namely, (1) gratitude for no negative work-life changes; (2) gratitude for a caring workplace; (3) gratitude for a new way of working; (4) gratitude for the ability to put oneself first; and (5) gratitude for having resilience, optimism and spirituality as a psychological buffer. Managers should deliberately engage in behaviors that will bring about gratitude from their employees. Employees should reflect on the positive things at work that they are thankful for as a way of enhancing gratitude and thereby, wellness, performance, and commitment. The study combines existing knowledge on gratitude during the pandemic with gratitude in the workplace.

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Effects of gratitude intervention on mental health and well-being among workers: A systematic review

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Cited by 25 publications

References 69 publications

How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-being and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

How Dispositional Gratitude Shapes Employee Well-being and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-national doctors in Ireland

Thankful employees: The manifestation of gratitude at work during a pandemic in South Africa

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