Development of a gratitude intervention model and investigation of the effects of such a program on employee well-being, engagement, job satisfaction and psychological capital.

Background: In a demanding working life, it is important to determine how individuals can thrive at work. In a previous study we investigated whether a program of gratitude interventions can increase psychological wellbeing, engagement, job satisfaction, and psychological capital showing promising results.

The Objective: of the present study was to present the development of a manager coached group intervention program related to gratitude at workplaces and to investigate the effects of such a program on the same variables.

Group intervention: A way to improve working teams' positive psychological capital.

Background: Positive psychological capital is reported to have positive effects on people's well-being and attitudes to their working lives.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate if it is possible to increase the level of positive psychological capital by two group intervention programs.

Methods: The research design was a controlled study with 2 × 2 experimental groups and two control groups.