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Employee Well-Being: The measure of a person's happiness,…
Employee Well-Being:
The measure of a person's happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state
What is employee wellbeing?
Measure of a persons happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state.
How satisfied a person feels about their life .
Why should employers care?
Improved productivity
Increased retention rates
Able to attract quality candidates
Avoid high costs associated with absenteeism and illness
21st century factors affecting well-being
Increasing work intensity, load and hours especially amongst professionals
Increasing percentage of people who work more than 50 hours a week
Lack of job security
Heightens stress
Advancements in technology
Encroaching on home-life
Blurring lines between work and non-work areas
Rise in duel income/career families
No one fully available to look after the home
Ageing population
More elderly dependents
"Sandwich generation" who have kids and older parents
Stagnent gender norms pertaining to work and non-work domains
Value Resources
What leads to employee well-being?
Intersection between an employee's work and family life
Work: providing services in return for monetary or other value
Family: Persons related by biological ties, marriage, social custom, adoption
Life: all activities and relationships that belong to work, family, and any other domain of one's existence
the intersection of work and family life results in three main outcomes
Conflict: role pressures in both work and family domains are sometimes mutually incompatible
Enrichment: experiences in one role(e.g. work) improve the quality of life in another role (e.g family)
Balance: work and non-work activities are compatible and promote growth
Work Family Conflict
Forms
Time
When time used in performing one role minimises the ability to perform the another one
Strain
When stressors on one role drains an individuals mental/physical energy to perform the other role
Behavior
When behaviours required for one role are incompatible with expectation of another
Directionality
Work-to-Family conflict
Family-to-work conflict
Factors influencing WFC
Family
Instrumental relief from family-relatede drama
Emotional encouragement and understanding
Work
Family supportive supervisor
Family supportive organisational policies
Individual
Coping strategies used by individuals
Public Policy
Legislation pertaining to employee rights
Factors challenging employees well-being
Increasing work intensity, load and hours
Lack of job security
Advancements in technology
Rise in dual-income/career families
Ageing population
Stagnant gender norms pertaining to work and non-work domains