Can Gratitude Become a Religiosity Mediator on Employee Job Satisfaction?

Aims:
This study aimed to determine the role of gratitude as a mediator between the influence of religiosity on employee job satisfaction
Methods:
Quantitative research design with purposive sampling technique on 40 Primagroup Indonesia employees. Data were collected using the Religiosity
Scale, Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Gratitude Scale, distributed directly to the respondents. Data analysis used Mediation Regression
Analysis with the help of the SPSS version 26 program.
Results:
The test results of the direct influence of religiosity on job satisfaction were not significant (β = 0.10; p = 0.56 (p > 0.05)), meaning that hypothesis
1 was rejected. These results show that there is no direct influence of religiosity on job satisfaction when a gratitude mediator is presented. The
results of the gratitude test as a mediator of the influence of religiosity on job satisfaction showed significant results (β = 0.23; p = 0.04 (p < 0.05)),
which means that hypothesis 2 is accepted.
Conclusion:
The results showed that gratitude could mediate the effect of religiosity on employee job satisfaction. Gratitude can fully mediate the influence of
religiosity on employee job satisfaction. So employees who have religiosity will feel more satisfied with their workers if through gratitude.