Feeling unappreciated at work?
Among the “essentials” for well-being at work, the report states, is “mattering,” the belief that you are valued and important to others.
“People want to know that they matter to those around them, and that their work makes a difference in the lives of others,” the report notes.
The social psychologist Morris Rosenberg first conceived the idea of mattering in the 1980s, while studying self-esteem among adolescents.
Recent research has shown that a focus on mattering can be a powerful tool for responding to the rise in loneliness, anxiety, depression and social division among Americans.