Financial Wellbeing-The Missing Piece in Holistic Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Sneha Jaggar ◽  
Lovaii Navlakhi

The top causes of stress for employees, based on various studies, are financial or money matters and their challenges. Organisations recognise the impact this worry creates for the firm at large and thus financial wellbeing programmes are slowly gaining popularity. There is evidence to show how financial wellbeing is an integral part of holistic wellbeing, and organisations are experimenting with methods to disseminate financial literacy. In order to avoid the pitfalls of trying something big and failing, organisations and particularly human resource (HR) should spearhead the initiative of duly customised financial wellness programmes (FWPs) for their employees which address their pains and keep aside a budget for the same. Like any relationship, this too needs time to grow; finding a partner early whose objective aligns with that of the HR in ensuring holistic wellbeing for the employee is the important first step. The recent regulations for Registered Investment Advisors promulgated by SEBI allow HR in organisations to use them as a first filter in selecting their financial wellbeing partner.

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Bablu Kumar Dhar ◽  
Rosnia Masruki ◽  
Mahazan Mutalib ◽  
Hatem Mohammed Rahouma ◽  
Farid A. Sobhani ◽  
...  

This paper aims at exploring the impact of Islamic human resource (HR) practices on organizational performance though organizational commitment. Data were collected from randomly selected 170 branch managers of six Islamic Banks listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange of Bangladesh. After collecting data, descriptive analysis and structural equation model were done to examine reliability and validity of the model. By analysis, the study finds that Islamic HR practices have more significant impact on organizational performance though organizational commitment rather than the direct effect of Islamic HR practices to organizational performance. The findings of the study advocate that Islamic banks should emphasize more on Islamic HR practices and organizational commitment to uphold their organizational performance.


Author(s):  
Bharti Motwani

Organizations are facing stiff market and other external pulls and pushes, thus HR will become vital source for managing future challenges. HRIS is an information system that makes use of computers to monitor, control, and influence the movement of human beings from the time they indicate their intention to join an organization till the time they separate from it. The purpose of the HRIS is to provide service, in the form of accurate and timely information, to the clients of the system. As there are a variety of potential users of HR information, it may be used for strategic, tactical, and operational decision making (e.g., to plan for needed professionals in a merger), to avoid litigation (e.g., to identify discrimination problems in hiring), to evaluate programmes, policies, or practices (e.g., to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme), and/or to support daily operations (e.g., to help managers monitor time and attendance of their professionals). However, in order to maximize HRIS success, researchers and practitioners have to know more about its underlying drivers. The study is undertaken looking to the importance of HRIS in the organizations. The paper identifies the factors of HRIS as perceived by professional users. This study is also an attempt to study the impact of designation on identified factors of Human Resource Information System (HRIS). The results of this research will increase researchers comprehension on difference in factors that influence effectiveness of senior and middle-level professionals.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Colin Agabalinda ◽  
Alain Vilard Ndi Isoh

The study investigated the direct effects of financial literacy (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) on financial preparedness for retirement and the moderating effect of age among the small and medium enterprises in Uganda. Primary data was collected from a sample of n = 380 selected from the SME workforce. Descriptive analysis was run on SPSS, while validity and reliability of the measurement items yielded satisfactory composite reliability scores and average variance explained (AVE) scores for all items. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses and multi-group analysis conducted to test for the moderating effect of age on the relationship between financial literacy and retirement preparedness. The results revealed that knowledge and skills were significant predictors of retirement preparedness. However, ‘attitude' was not a significant predictor, and age had no moderating effect on the relationship between the study variables. These findings present practical implications for policymakers and financial educators in a developing country context.


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