Wellbeing Profile of France and India IT Employees: A Cross‐Cultural Study
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2022-08
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Medsci Publications
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Background: Cultural influence and variances have a great influence in the development of psychosocial well-being. Cross-cultural psychologists explore the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. The present study was designed to analyse the variations in wellbeing profile of IT professionals be-tween India and France. Methodology: Two hundred and fourteen non-probabilistic samples were recruited via various IT com-panies from France (n=92) and India (n=122). The participants completed the wellbeing profile consist-ed of Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, Subjective Fluctuating Happiness Scale and Subjective Authentic-Durable Happiness Scale (SFHS and SA-DHS) and rating scale for Satisfaction at work, importance of re-ligions/spirituality shared through a digital format, built on the Google Form. Results: Based on independent-samples t-tests, the results indicated that Indian and French IT profes-sionals did not exhibit a difference on levels of Mindfulness, Satisfaction at work, Fluctuating Happiness and Authentic-Durable Happiness. In addition, the findings shown inter correlations between Mindful-ness, Satisfaction at work, Fluctuating Happiness and Authentic-Durable Happiness across the culture. In contrast, the results indicated that Indian IT professionals did exhibit higher levels in importance of Re-ligions and Spirituality when compared to French IT professionals. Conclusion: In a nutshell, the present study came to the conclusion that Indian and French employees share a greater number of wellbeing characteristics in common. Religion and spirituality are also im-portant parts of the Indian culture of well-being.
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Culture, Individualism-collectivism, Happiness, Mindfulness, Religions and Spirituality
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Papillon P. . Wellbeing Profile of France and India IT Employees: A Cross‐Cultural Study . National Journal of Community Medicine. 2022 Aug; 13(8): 503-507