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

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Author	Kaplan, Seth Bradley Geist, Jill C. Ahmad, Afra Anderson, Amanda Hargrove, Amber K. Lindsey, Alex
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	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.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.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.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.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.
Starting Page	367
Ending Page	380
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08893268
Journal	Journal of Business and Psychology
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1573353X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-08-09
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Positive psychology Intervention Workplace well-being Gratitude Social connectedness Affect Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology Community and Environmental Psychology Personality and Social Psychology Business/Management Science Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management Applied Psychology

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