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WEEK 10: Emloyee Wellbeing - Coggle Diagram
WEEK 10: Emloyee Wellbeing
LO1- WHAT IS EMPLOYEE WELLBEING?
WHAT IS EMPLOYEE WELLBEING?
A measure of a person's happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state.
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 WELLBEING?
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?
The intersection of work and family/life results in three main outcomes:
Conflict
Enrichment
Balance
LO2-EMPLOYEE WELLBEING IN THE 21st CENTURY
FACTORS CHALLENGING EMPLOYEE WELLBEING
Increasing work intensity, load, and hours, especially among professionals
Lack of job security
Advancements in technology
Rise in dual-income/career families
Ageing population (i.e. elderly dependents)
Stagnant gender norms pertaining to work and non- work domains
LO3- WHAT IS WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT?
FORMS & DIRECTIONALITY OF 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
FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT
Forms
Time
Strain
Behaviour
Directionality
Work-to-family conflict (W-F)
Family-to-work conflict (F-W)
LO4-WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT, COPING & EMPLOYEE WELLBEING
CONFLICT, COPING & WELLBEING
Family-support, conflict and well-being
Work-support, conflict, and well-being
Problem-focused coping, conflict, and well- being
Increasing employee well-being is beneficial for individuals, organisations and wider society
A range of factors are challenging employee well-being in the 21st century
The intersection between work and family/life, especially conflict negatively impacts employee well-being
The negative impact of work-family conflict on employee well-being can be negated by support from an employee’s:
Family
Work
Their own problem-focused strategies