{
  "title": "Thanking your manager: acknowledging help without flattery",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/remercier-son-manager-sans-flatterie-a-berne-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-02-23",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A thank-you can signal that someone's help made a difference. Research nevertheless suggests distinguishing this acknowledgement from an influence tactic.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Bern",
    "region": "Berne",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Adam M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Recognising the person behind the help",
      "point": "Sara B."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "It would be tempting to derive a formula: give more thanks to obtain more support."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "These studies establish neither an optimal frequency for expressing thanks nor wording that is universally appropriate when addressing a superior."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Berne",
      "point": "As part of SHR's programme « Construire une relation efficace avec son manager », an exercise could be proposed in Berne, within the federal administration, public health, telecommunications or precision industry: when genuine help occurs, acknowledge it by naming the intervention and its concrete effect on the work."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Gino",
      "year": "2010",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Gable",
      "year": "2008",
      "source": "Emotion"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 432,
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-relation-avec-son-manager-berne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/berne",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}