Week 10- Employee Wellbeing- A measure of a person's happiness, psychological, emotional and mental state.

Reasons to Improve Employee Wellbeing

improved productivity, work quality, morale and culture

increased retention rates

attract quality candidates

avoid costs associated with absenteeism, presenteeism, injury and illness

What leads to employee wellbeing- the intersection of an employee's work and family life, which can result in...

conflict- roles are incompatible

enrichment- one role improves the quality of life in the other

Balance- both lives are compatible and neither detracts from the other (good)

Factors challenging employee wellbeing in the 21st century

increasing work intensity, load and hours

lack of job security

Technology advancements

rise in dual income/career families

ageing population

stagnant gender norms pertaining to work and non-work domains

Forms of work family conflict

time- time spent in one role impacts other role

strain- stressors from one role impact ability to perform the other role

behaviour- incompatible behaviours between two roles

Directionality of Work-Family Conflict

work-to -family conflict

family to work conflict

Factors Influencing Work-Family Conflict

Family

Instrumental- relief from family duties

Emotional: encouragement and understanding

Work

Family supportive supervisor

Family supportive organisational policies (e.g. flexitime)

Individual

coping strategies (e.g. problem focussed, avoidance)

Public policy

employee rights legislations

Ways of coping with work-life conflict, which improves wellbeing

family-support (prevents family-to-work conflict)

work-support (e.g. family supportive supervisor prevents work-to-family conflict)

problem-focussed coping (effectiveness of this depends on an individuals's control of their life domains)