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Promoting subjective well-being of IT professionals through gratitude practice: a moderated mediation analysis of gender and employee engagement

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  • Sheela Bhargava
  • Renu Sharma
  • Monika Kulshreshtha

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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential mediating role of employee engagement in the relationship between gratitude and subjective well-being (SWB) of employees working in the information technology (IT) sector in India. The study investigated a moderated mediation model for gratitude and SWB, treating employee engagement as a mediator and gender as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach - Data was collected from 162 professionals working IT sector in India. Process Macro, AMOS and IBM SPSS 22 were used to analyze the mediation and moderation effects. Findings - The results depicted that employee engagement fully mediates the positive association between gratitude practice and the SWB of employees as well as the demographic variable; gender also demonstrated a full moderation effect between them. Originality/value - This research may be one of the few studies from the Indian context that explore whether gratitude practiced by employees working in the IT sector can play a significant role in impacting their SWB. Past research models had not introduced employee engagement’s indirect impact on the examined variables.

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  • Sheela Bhargava & Renu Sharma & Monika Kulshreshtha, 2023. "Promoting subjective well-being of IT professionals through gratitude practice: a moderated mediation analysis of gender and employee engagement," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 47(4), pages 559-580, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-05-2022-0363
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-05-2022-0363
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