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A Test of Two Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Employee Well-Being

verfasst von: Seth Kaplan, Jill C. Bradley-Geist, Afra Ahmad, Amanda Anderson, Amber K. Hargrove, Alex Lindsey

Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Abstract

Purpose

Despite an abundance of organizational research on how contextual and individual difference factors impact well-being, little research has examined whether individuals themselves can take an active role in enhancing their own well-being. The current study assessed the effectiveness of two simple, self-guided workplace interventions (“gratitude” and “social connectedness”) in impacting well-being.

Design/Methodology/Approach

Sixty-seven university employees participated in one of the two self-guided interventions for 2 weeks and completed self-report measures prior to the intervention, immediately following the intervention, and one-month post-intervention. Growth curve modeling was used to examine the effects of each intervention.

Findings

Partially supporting hypotheses, the gratitude intervention resulted in significant increases in positive affective well-being and self-reported gratitude but not did significantly impact negative affective well-being or self-reported social connectedness. The social connectedness exercise did not significantly impact any of those four outcomes. However, both interventions related to a reduction in workplace absence due to illness.

Implications

The study suggests that self-guided, positive psychology interventions (particularly gratitude) hold potential for enhancing employee well-being. Because the interventions are short, simple, and self-guided, there is little in the way of costs or drawbacks for organizations. Thus, these types of interventions seem like a potentially useful component of workplace wellness initiatives.

Originality/Value

This study is one of the few to examine whether self-guided, positive psychology interventions can enhance well-being. Moreover, this is the first study to examine a social connectedness workplace intervention and the first to demonstrate effects on illness-related absence.

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Titel: A Test of Two Positive Psychology Interventions to Increase Employee Well-Being
verfasst von: Seth Kaplan
Jill C. Bradley-Geist
Afra Ahmad
Amanda Anderson
Amber K. Hargrove
Alex Lindsey
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2014
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-013-9319-4

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