Employee Well-Being
A measure of a person's happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state
Linked to how satisfied a person feels about both themselves and their life
Why should organisations worry?
Improved productivity, quality of work and overall morale and culture; Increased retention rates; Able to attract quality candidates; More likely to avoid high costs associated with absenteeism
Family support
-emotional sustenance
-instrumental assistance
What leads to employee well-being?
Forms
Emotional sustenance is support and encouragement by family relatives
instrumental assistance is relieving the employee from home related responsibilities and duties
An outcome of the intersection of work and family/life
This intersection results in; Conflict, Enrichment and Balance
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Conflict: pressures from work and family are incompatible
Conflict, coping and well-being
Enrichment: Experiences in one role improve quality of life in other role
Balance: Perception that work and non-work are compatible
Factors challenging employee well-being
Increased work intensity, loads and hours; Lack of job security; Advancements in technology; Rise in dual income families, Ageing population
Work-support from supervisor reduces work-family conflict and increase wellbeing
Problem-focused coping reduces conflict and increase wellbeing
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Family support positively impact on wellbeing
Forms of family-work conflict
-time: when one role drains the time of performing the other
-strain: when the pressures of a role decreases motivation for the other
-behaviour: conflicting views for either role, inhibits the other roles expectation
Time
Directionality: 2 ways