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IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEES’ WELL-BEGING IN AN ORGANISATION


 

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INTRODUCTION

The employees’ contribution to the success of an organisation as well as country economy is considerable. Therefore, organisation’s duty is to looked after the employees well-being which directly related to the job performance. The employees’ work-life balance to be maintained in order to get their contribution continuously. However most of the organisations’ employees suffer from depression and stress due to work related issues.(Bakar & Saputra, 2021).

 

THE WELL- BEING CONCEPT

The well-being concept is combination of mental and physical health. There are three main parts in the well-being concept namely psychological well-being, subjective well-being, and Employee Well-being. Psychological well-being the advancement achieved by facing challenges such as reaching expected goals, development in life, establishing relation with others etc. Subjective well-being comprises pleasing sensitive experiences. Employee Well-being is related to the happiness and satisfaction feelings at work place base on organisational commitment, working environment, work load etc. ( Cignitas et al. 2021).

 

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WORKPLACE WELL-BEING

Work place well-being arises from intrinsic and extrinsic values from the work place according to the Two factor theory of Herzberg(Aryanti et al., 2020).Intrinsic factors include such as responsibilities, achievement, growth etc. Extrinsic factors include such as salaries, working condition interpersonal relationships, company policies etc. Extrinsic factors are outside the employees work but it influences the workers.


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Following factors contribute towards the employees’ well-being(Aryanti et al., 2020)

* The best use of time

By knowing the exact time of work, employees are able to plan for their personal life which is known as work-life balance.

Working Conditions

Good working environment helps employees’ satisfaction.

 Supervision

Worker superior relationship plays vital role in employees’ well-being. Employees expect support and good treatment from the superiors. If bond is high with superiors, employees will be happy and their stress will be low. 

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 Promotional opportunities

Every employee expectation is to have a growth in their life. Organisation should provide opportunities for such workers to maintain employees’ well-being.

Recognition of good performance

The employees feel happy when their performance are recognised and expect equal treatment.

 * Appreciation as an individual at work

The employees need their performance are valued individually by peers as well as supervisors.

Wages

The employees’ satisfaction on monitory terms which the received with salary, rewards, benefits etc.  

 *  Job security

This is an elementary needs of a person according to the Abraham Maslow. This need to be satisfied before reaching to the higher level of need.

According to (Jaiswal & C. Joe Arun, S J, 2020)following factors considered  supportive elements for work place well-being

 



 Factors Comprising Well-being at Workplace

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IMPACT OF WORK PLACE WELL-BEING

 * Employee performance is directly related to the work place well-being. Higher the well-being higher the performance and lower the well-being lowers the performance.

 *  Psychological capital

Employees’ personality characteristics are immensely influenced by well-being at the work place which in return effect the psychological capital namely confidence, self-efficacy, flexibility, and hopefulness

 * Employee engagement

Employees’ engagement in work is positively related with the work place well-being. When work place well-being is satisfactory, employee’s attachment to work is high.

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 *  Organizational culture

Good organisational culture provides good working environment as well as positive work well-being. With good communication forgiveness and good leadership influence the good supportive leader-worker relationship which finally leads to employees’ happiness.

 

CONCLUSION

The employees are the greatest asset to an organisation. Keeping the employees happy is a duty of an organisation. Psychological factors have a major effect on employee's well-being. Also, the employee's well-being has a substantial effect on job performance. Based on the intrinsic and extrinsic value of the job, employees feel happiness or stress at work place.  Organisation culture, work itself, relation with superiors, opportunity for growth, working environment, leadership style, salary, benefits, heath facility are some of the factors related to the well-being at the work place. Therefore, improving factors that supportive to the employees ‘well-being is the key to the success of the organisation. Happy employees develop the high bond with the work, work place, subordinate as well as superiors. Their commitment, loyalty and trust are influenced by the well- being at the work place. Ultimate result is that high quality, less wastage and high productivity which are supportive to the organisational goals.

 


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REFERENCES 

 Aryanti, R. D., Sari, E. Y. D., & Widiana, H. S. (2020). A Literature Review of Workplace Well-Being: Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020). International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020), Malang, Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.134

Bakar, M., & Saputra, J. (2021). A Review of Employees’ Well-being, Psychological Factors  and Its Effect on Job Performance Literature. 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management  Singapore.

Cignitas, C. P., Arevalo, J. A. T., & Crusells, J. V. (2021). Balanced Scorecard: The Key to Employee Well-Being the Impact of Balanced Scorecard on Employee Well-Being: The Case of State of Michigan-USA. The International Journal of  Business & Management, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.24940/theijbm/2021/v9/i12/167392-405656-2-SM

Donaldson, S. (n.d.). IMPROVING EMPLOYEE WELLBEING THROUGH LEADERSHIP.

Jaiswal, A. & C. Joe Arun, S J. (2020). What Comprises Well-being at Workplace? A Qualitative Inquiry Among Service Sector Employees in India. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 9(3), 330–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277977920958508

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