Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life
- Title
- Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life
- Creator
- Saini D.; Yadav R.
- Description
- Purpose: This study aims to create a more humane and responsible workplace, individuals gratitude and meaningfulness seem of utmost importance. This study is an effort to understand the role of gratitude intent of potential managers. Design/methodology/approach: This study examines the psychological characteristic of business students in India. The researchers surveyed 333 Indian students as future managers. The collected data has been analysed with the Smart PLS 3 version to assess the formative-reflective scale by comparing model fit, measurement model and structural modelling. Findings: The results establish that gratitude significantly affects the life satisfaction of future managers. Findings also show that materialism is negatively related to life satisfaction and meaningfulness. The importanceperformance map analysis finding suggests that meaningfulness in life is a potential indicator of life satisfaction for the population studied. Originality/value: Due to the limited research available on the psychological underpinnings in the Indian context, there is a massive value in examining how materialism and gratitude concurrently and distinctively predict meaning in life and the life satisfaction of future managers. This paper gives a formative explanation of the model consisted gratitude, materialism and meaningfulness in life on the life satisfaction of future managers. This study establishes the importance of meaningfulness of life in attaining life satisfaction for young managers. 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Source
- Society and Business Review, Vol-19, No. 1, pp. 155-178.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Subject
- Future managers; Gratitude; India; Life satisfaction; Materialism; Meaningfulness in life
- Coverage
- Saini D., Management Department, IIM Raipur, Raipur, India; Yadav R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 17465680
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Saini D.; Yadav R., “Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 27, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13346.