WHY IS GRATITUDE SO IMPORTANT AT WORK


If you knew that expressing gratitude to a colleague would improve their life and yours, would you do it more often?

A new study finds a positive relationship between expressing gratitude at the workplace, with physical and mental health.

Held in context of nurses and corporate colleagues, the study, Gratitude reception and physical health: Examining the mediating role of satisfaction with patient care in a sample of acute care nurses, shows that being thanked more often at work predicted better sleep, fewer headaches and healthier eating, because it improved the work satisfaction of nurses.


About the study

The study involved a group of nurses and some of my colleagues at office. Nurses is a profession that has a particularly high rate of burnout. Nurses tend to have a thankless job. It’s very physical, and they’re often being screamed at by patients who are at their lowest. When nurses receive gratitude, it boosts them.

Nurses strongly align their profession with their identity and often look out for patients more than themselves. The gratitude matches up with their identity, gives them satisfaction in a job well done and ultimately increases self-care.

This goes back to many employees who inherently connect their identity to their job and feelings of appreciation within their roles. Employers who understand and react to this can create positive social and economic change, the researchers advised.


From an organisational, policy and leadership perspective, that employers should create formal or informal opportunities for people to express gratitude. Including gratitude in a business plan is an essential step that many business leaders miss, and that omission can have financial consequences.

Employees that receive positive feedback are healthier, and that can impact the bottom line, adds Cadiz. Preventing headaches and other stress-related symptoms means fewer sick days, and, in this case, cuts down the cost of replacement nurses and overtime pay.

These small changes can have a dramatic fiscal impact over time, which can result in more staff, better pay rates and increased benefits.

The big takeaway – express gratitude when you see someone doing a good job. A positive feedback loop impacts you and those around you, and can ultimately shape a healthier and happier community.


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