조직에서의 성격강점과 행복 : 개인 수준과 팀 수준의 성격강점 강도가 조직 구성원의 세 가지 행복에 미치는 영향

Although there are much interest in the relationship between character strengths and happiness, most studies have dealt with it at the individual level. Reflecting on this limitation, the present study empirically examined the effects of both individual level and team-level character strength on the team members’ happiness through multi-level analysis. Results of a multi-level study among 195 employees in 40 teams showed that in a null model, there were team differences of team members’ positive affect and work engagement. On the other hands, there were no team differences of team members’ life satisfaction and meaningful life. Individual level the number of character strength had significantly positive effects on all of the happiness variables such as positive affect, life satisfaction, work engagement and meaningful life. Team-level average character strength had significantly positive effects on both positive affect and work engagement after individual level character strength. The findings of this study contribute to theoretically expand the scarce knowledge regarding to the impact of team-level character strength on the employees’ happiness. In addition, it offers practical implications on human resource development by exploring directly what lead to employees’happiness.