Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the negative thinking cycle and the levels of collective gratitude of the workers who operate in the public institutions, to identify the impact of demographic qualities on these concepts, but to determine whether there is a meaningful relationship between the respective concepts and the happiness of the workplace. Method - The research universe is formed by employees in the Kars province, in public institutions. The data form was used to be collected. The scale consists of 9 questions developed by Salas-Vallina and Alegre (2021) for the measurement of workplace happiness, translated into Turkish by Yozgat and Bilginoğlu (2020) for the measurement of the level of collective gratitude of employees. The scale consisting of 12 questions developed by (2016) was developed by Brinker and Dozois (2009) to measure the negative thinking cycle, and the scale of 20 questions adapted by Karatepe (2010) to Turkish. The data obtained from a total of 383 participants in the research was understood through various SPSS and AMOS programs. The findings - The results of the regression tests found that the negative thinking cycle had no effect on workplace happiness. It has been found that collective gratitude has a positive impact on workplace happiness (R2=0,216), and a positive impact on the negative thinking cycle (R2=0,058). The study also found significant differences in terms of demographic variables. Discussions - The study is expected that a low-level positive effect between collective gratitude and the negative thinking cycle will not be a expected result and a negative meaningful relationship will be observed. The situation that appears is not consistent with literature and the argument is that the cause of this discovery is believed to be related to the influence that the Kars province has on public workers.

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