Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of the study to
establish the mediating role of flow experience on the relationship between psychological
capital and happiness at the workplace with a focus on public hospitals in
Uganda. This study was cross-sectional and a total sample size of 800 professional
nurses in public hospitals in Uganda was considered. The findings indicated that
flow experience partially mediates the relationship between psychological capital
and happiness at the workplace. Besides, the finding also indicated that there is a
significant and positive relationship between psychological capital and happiness at
the workplace. The findings correspond to the argument that in the face of the
variety of theoretical and practical implications provided, there is a need for professional
workers to be innately involved in their work if their psychological capital is
to affect their level of happiness at the workplace. However, this paper is limited by
the fact that the respondents’ emotions were examined through a cross-sectional
