Hagan, William J. (2021) Combining PsyCap and PERMA for Employee Wellbeing: Meaning Mediates Pathway from PsyCap to Accomplishment. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Mental health difficulties are a serious issue in Australia’s workforce, giving rise to an emphasis on employee wellbeing. Two prominent models for wellbeing are presented: Luthans’ Psychological Capital (PsyCap) model and Seligman’s PERMA model. Connecting these models are findings showing PsyCap and the PERMA constructs positively relate to Accomplishment, which is operationalised as performance given this is the desired outcome in a workplace context. Despite similarities and relationships between constructs, PsyCap and PERMA have not been bought together in a single model. This study aims to better understand the specific pathways through which PsyCap and the constructs of PERMA interrelate for men and women. Doing so will expose more avenues for improving employee wellbeing and increasing performance by focusing on the key construct(s) that have the greatest impact. A Proposed PsyCap PERMA Integration Model is presented where Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, and Meaning mediate the relationship between PsyCap and Accomplishment. Participants were 686 Australians employees (485 females, 193 males; aged between 18-65yo) who completed several questionnaires measuring their workplace happiness and wellbeing. A series of mediation analyses tested the pathways between variables. The results were the same for both genders, where PsyCap leads to wellbeing by significantly and positively predicting Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment. Additionally, Meaning was the only construct to significantly mediate the relationship between PsyCap and Accomplishment. A two-stage intervention developing PsyCap then Meaning is proposed for organisations to increase employee wellbeing and performance. Strengths, limitations, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Yong Goh; Raquel Peel |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2025 23:53 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2025 23:53 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | psychological capital ; PERMA ; meaning ; accomplishment ; performance ; mediation |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52374 |
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