Determination of similar task types by the use of the multidimensional classification method: towards improving quality of working life and job satisfaction

1980 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOSHITAKA NAGAI ◽  
SABURO TENDA ◽  
TETSURO SHINGU
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Somayeh Javanmardnejad ◽  
Razieh Bandari ◽  
Majideh Heravi-Karimooi ◽  
Nahid Rejeh ◽  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Nurses have a vital role in the healthcare system. One of the basic steps to increase their happiness is to recognize factors such as job satisfaction and quality of working life. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to examine the relationship between happiness and quality of working life and job satisfaction among nursing personnel. Methods This descriptive study was carried out on 270 hospital nurses who worked in emergency departments in Iran. Nurses were recruited through the census method. Data collection instruments included the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI), the Quality of Work Life Questionnaire (QWL), and the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ). Data were explored using descriptive statistics, and stepwise multiple linear regression analysis. Results The mean age of participants was 30.1 ± 6.26 years. The mean happiness score was 38.5 ± 16.22, the mean Quality of Working Life (QWL) score was 84.3 ± 17.62, and the mean job satisfaction score was found to be 45.5 ± 13.57); corresponding to moderate levels of attributes. The results obtained from the ordinary least-square (OLS) regression indicated that happiness significantly was associated with economic status and satisfaction with closure (R2: 0.38). Conclusion Overall the current study found that nurses who work in emergency departments did not feel happy. Additionally, the findings suggest that their happiness were associated with their economic status, and closure over their duties.


Author(s):  
Rozaini Rosli ◽  
Norailis Ab. Wahab

At present many companies around the world are struggling to meet the challenges presented by the organization’s global trends. The workforce has been continuously reminded of the competitiveness and increasing productivity in ensuring better working life. Not forgetting to balance the routines, job satisfaction needs also to be deliberated in any organization. In the current business scenario, the workforce in Malaysia has often been called to acquire core competencies and maintain their competitiveness in a liberalized and globalized market. Further, with the implementation of various policies pertinent to employment including the retirement age and minimum wages, the workplace is no more a pleasant place. Workers need to be more innovative, creative and talented to sustain employment. For such reasons, this paper attempts to examine the relationship between organizational support and job satisfaction in the insurance industry. The results showed that satisfaction with the job (M = 3.68); successful people, directed or influenced by its own commitment to achieve organizational goals (M = 3.55); know and understand the policies and processes to do their job better (M = 3.54). This result is important in that it clearly shows that the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational support are intertwined and closely related to organization performance. This paper proposed a practical model that helps management or decision-makers to highlight the most influential factors that influence the quality of employees’ working life in their organizations.   Keywords: Job satisfaction, quality of working life, insurance industry.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Komang Agus Jayanegara

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan alat ukur psikologi yang mengukur quality of working life karyawan, dengan menggunakan lima dimensi quality of working life yaitu health & well being, job security, job satisfaction, competency development, dan work & non-work life balance. Penelitian ini penting untuk dilakukan, dikarenakan alat ukur quality of working life dengan kelima dimensi tersebut masih tergolong baru, dan quality of working life juga merupakan hal penting untuk diperhatikan oleh suatu organisasi. Paritisipan yang terlibat dalam pengambilan data utama adalah sebanyak 109 orang partisipan. Pendekatan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kuantitatif, dengan desain non-experimental, dan bersifat deskriptif. Berdasarkan pada hasil penelitian ini, alat ukur yang peneliti kembangkan telah memenuhi standar psikometri. Terdapat beberapa rangkaian analisis yang peneliti lakukan, yaitu menguji keterbacaan aitem kepada lima orang, yang mana menghasilkan 69 aitem pernyataan, dan kemudian melakukan uji coba alat ukur kepada 36 orang partisipan, dan menganalisis aitem alat ukur tersebut, dan menghasilkan 40 aitem setelah terdapat beberapa aitem yang digugurkan. Kemudian peneliti melakukan pengambilan data utama alat ukur dengan melibatkan 109 orang partisipan, dan menghasilkan alpha cronbach sebesar 0,959 dan dapat dinyatakan alat ukur tersebut reliabel, sedangkan r hitung lebih dari 0,300 yang dapat diartikan bahwa 40 aitem pernyataan dinyatakan valid.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-197
Author(s):  
GOMATHI S ◽  
SWAPNA M

Quality of working life has been differentiated from the broader concept of quality of life. To some degree, this may be overly simplistic, as Elizur and Shye,(1990) concluded that quality of work performance is affected by quality of life as well as quality of working life. However, the specific attention to work-related aspects of quality of life is valid. Whilst quality of life has been more widely studied, quality of working life remains relatively unexplored and unexplained. A review of the literature reveals relatively little on quality of working life. Where quality of working life has been explored, writers differ in their views on its core constituents. Various authors and researchers have proposed models of quality of working life which include a wide range of factors. This paper concentrates on the role of job satisfaction in quality of work life.


1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Naughton

This study investigated quality of working life differences between self-employed and salaried managers. Based on data collected in a national survey of employees from various demographic and industry groupings, the results indicate that self-employed managers tended to report higher levels of job satisfaction and job autonomy than the salaried managers despite spending significantly more hours in their jobs. The results are interpreted as supporting, in part, a “role accumulation” theory of work behavior in that the gains from the small business manager's job outweigh its costs. Further, no differences in psychosomatic illnesses, life and free time satisfaction were found for the two groups of managers. These results suggest that life-style problems often associated with small business managers may be overstated to some degree.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthia Ulfah ◽  
Sholihati Amalia

The quality of working life is one of the important things that must be considered by an organization or company because it will give an effect for satisfaction among employees. By maintaining the quality of working life and employee satisfaction, employee performance will be increased and company will be able to compete at Asean Free Trade Area or AFTA with a good employee. The purpose of this research is to know the effect of quality of working life on employee satisfaction at Head Office PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero). The quality of working life as the independent variable (X) and job satisfaction as the dependent variable (Y). The research methods of this research is descriptive methods with survey approach. Analyses of data used are descriptive analysis, a classic assumption test, regression test, correlation test and hypothesis test. The sample of this research is 315 employees. The result of descriptive analysis shows that quality of working life in a good category with mean 3.66 and job satisfaction at head office PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) in a high category with mean 3.75. The result of simple linear regression, equation is Y = 30.451 + 0.414 X with R-square is 0.624 which show that quality of working life give effect 62.4% to job satisfaction, while 37.6% for job satisfaction is affected by other factors such as the organizational factors or individual factors that are not described in this study. Therefore, it can be concluded there is the effect of quality of working life on employee satisfaction at Head Office PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero).


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Yadollah Hamidi ◽  
Mahnaz Vakilian ◽  
Ghodratollah Roshanaei ◽  
Zeinab Makvandi ◽  
Marzeyeh Atogara ◽  
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