Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assessing the role of materialism and gratitude in life satisfaction through IPMA: the mediating role of meaningfulness in life Subject The topic of the resource Future managers; Gratitude; India; Life satisfaction; Materialism; Meaningfulness in life Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saini D.; Yadav R. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Society and Business Review, Vol-19, No. 1, pp. 155-178. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emerald Publishing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-03-2022-0066" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-03-2022-0066</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85158902690&amp;doi=10.1108%2FSBR-03-2022-0066&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34756ed72ce5f63d2f8eb954891e4538" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85158902690&amp;doi=10.1108%2fSBR-03-2022-0066&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34756ed72ce5f63d2f8eb954891e4538</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 17465680 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Saini D., Management Department, IIM Raipur, Raipur, India; Yadav R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bangalore, India