TY - Conference Proceeding TI - Communal happiness: source of employee happiness in healthcare AU - Oktarizal Drianus,Primalita Putri Distina,Diah Meitikasari,Firly Triwahyuni PB - Redwhite Press PP - Jakarta PY - 2025 UR - https://www.series.gci.or.id/proceedings/view_article/587/24/aicoiis-2024 AB - The purpose of the present study is to explore the source of happiness for hospital employees. The locus of study was a hospital in Central Java, Indonesia. Although there have been many studies investigating happiness in Western societies, that is relatively unknown in Eastern societies yet, especially with the variety in cultural characteristics. A total of 135 respondents were asked to answer some open-ended questions about the source of happiness. Thematic analysis of responses to the question yielded nine potential themes: family, spiritual sense, money, self-satisfaction, relationships with others, health, achievement, loving and being loved, and leisure time. Then, three main themes emerged: interpersonal relations, self-fulfillment, and relationships with God. These three themes can be referred to as communal happiness. DO - https://doi.org/10.32698/aicoiis24587