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Employee Well-Being (What is employee wellbeing? ( Why should…
Employee Well-Being
What is employee wellbeing?
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 organization
– 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 & family/life begin or end?
– Family:
: Persons related by biological ties,
marriage, social custom, or adoption
Life: A
All activities and relationships that belong
to work, family, and any other domain of one's existense
– Work:
Any instrumental activity intended to
provide goods and services to support life
The intersection of work and family/life results in
three main outcomes:
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
Conflict
a form of inter-role conflict in which the
role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in
some respect
: What is work-family
conflict?
Forms and directionality work-family conflict
Forms
Strain:
When stressors in one role drains an
individual’s mental/physical energy to perform the other role
perform the other role
When behaviours required of one
role are incompatible with
behavioural expectations of the
other role
Time:
: When time used in performing one role
minimises an individual’s ability to perform the other role
Directionality
Work-to-family conflict (W-F)
Family-to-work conflict (F-W)
Factors influencing work-family conflict
Family
Instrumental: relief from family-related duties
– Emotional: encouragement and understanding
Work
Family supportive supervisor
– Family supportive organisational policies (e.g.
flexitime, telework)
Individual
– Coping strategies used by individuals (e.g.
problem-focused, avoidance)
Public policy
Legislation pertaining to employee rights
: Employee well-being in the
21st century
Factors challenging employee well-being
Increasing work intensity, load, and
hours, especially among professionals
Rise in dual-income/career families
Advancements in technology
Ageing population (i.e. elderly
dependents)
Lack of job security
Stagnant gender norms pertaining to
work and non-work domains