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The Impact Of Gratitude On Academic Advisor Job Satisfaction, Alexandria M. Widener
The Impact Of Gratitude On Academic Advisor Job Satisfaction, Alexandria M. Widener
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Academic advisors face high job demands and have among the highest turnover rates in higher education. Gratitude may have a positive impact on job satisfaction, but it has not been studied in this population. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to understand how dispositional gratitude at work, expression of gratitude at work, and receipt of gratitude at work predict job satisfaction in academic advisors. Academic advisors who were members of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising, served in a full-time role at an institution of higher education in the United States, had worked a minimum of 6 …
Dispositional Gratitude At Work Predicts Job Satisfaction Of Software Developers, Jordan Gabriel Tate
Dispositional Gratitude At Work Predicts Job Satisfaction Of Software Developers, Jordan Gabriel Tate
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Software developers can suffer from negative emotions at work and low job satisfaction. Less is known about how positive emotions at work impact software developers. Gratitude is one positive emotion that has predicted job satisfaction in other studies. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to explore how gratitude at work predicts job satisfaction among software developers. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions and the find-remind-and-bind theory of gratitude guided the study. Participants included 146 software developers who were recruited via LinkedIn using purposive sampling. Participants completed an online survey, including the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form and the Appreciation …