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Employee Well-Being (What leads to employee well-being? (The intersection…
Employee Well-Being
What leads to employee well-being?
The intersection of work and family/life results in three main outcomes
Conflict: a form of inter-role conflict in which the role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect
Enrichment: the extent to which experiences in one role (e.g. work) improve the quality of life in the other role (e.g. family
Balance: the individual's perception that work and non-work activities are compatible and promote growth in accordance with an individual's current life priorities
What is employee well-being?
A measure of a person's happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state. Therefore it is strongly linked to how satisfied a person feels about both themselves and their life
Why should organisations worry about employee well-being?
improved productivity, quality of work and overall morale and culture of the organisation
increased retention rates
better able to attract quality candidates
More likely to avoid high costs associated with absenteeism, presenteeism, injury and illness
What leads to employee well-being?
Research indicates employee well-being to be an outcome of the intersection of an employee's work and family/ life
Where does work and family/life begin or end
Work: any instrumental activity intended to provide goods and services to support life
Family: Persons related by biological ties, marriage, social custom, or adoption
Life: All activities and relationships that belong to work, family and any other domain of one's existence
Factors challenging employee well-being
Forms
Time: when time used in performing one role minimizes an individual's ability to perform the other role
Strain: When stressors in one role drains an individual's mental/ physical energy to perform the other role