Having the Will and Finding the Way: A Review and Meta-analysis of Hope at Work

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Article

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Management

Publication Date

5-2013

Abstract

Critics of the field of positive organizational psychology have expressed reservations with validity and utility of positive constructs, such as hope. The purpose of this article is to systematically review the existing research on hope at work and to determine the ‘true’ relationship between hope and work outcomes by meta-analyzing 133 effect sizes across 45 primary studies based on 11,139 employees. As predicted, we found that the overall corrected mean effect sizes between hope and work performance and employee well-being were positive and statistically significant. Gender and study location were significant moderators of these relationships, with women and US-based studies having stronger hope to work outcomes effects. Taken together, results demonstrate that positive psychology constructs, such as hope, play an important role in understanding and predicting employee behavior.

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This article was originally published in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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The Journal of Positive Psychology

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