scholarly journals Designing the Questionnaire of Teachers’ Work Life Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Rahmkhoda Javadi ◽  
Mohsen Rasouli ◽  
Jafar Hasani ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life

The mediating role of organizational embeddedness on the relationship between quality of work life and turnover

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 696-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Decha Dechawatanapaisal
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Organizational Embeddedness ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating effect of organizational embeddedness in the relationship between quality of work life (QWL) and turnover under a foundation of conservation of resources theory. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 422 healthcare professionals through a questionnaire survey, and analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings The results indicate that organizational embeddedness has a negative impact on employees’ intention to leave, and on actual turnover. For QWL perception, career opportunities, work life balance, and job characteristics are positive and significant predictors of organizational embeddedness. In addition, organizational embeddedness plays an intermediary role that mediates the relationship between the three components of QWL mentioned earlier and turnover intention, and also between the factor of career opportunities and actual turnover. Research limitations/implications The current research took place within two healthcare organizations. Replicating the study in a variety of business sectors or professions with a larger sample of subjects would be useful for the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications Organizations may improve their retention of employees by offering intrinsic resources that can be obtained from the social contexts of the individual through human resource management system, e.g., growth opportunities, a healthy and caring work life quality. Such motivational resources then develop a sense of obligation toward their places of employment, which influences their intention to stay or leave. Originality/value This study examines the mediating role of organizational embeddedness between employees’ perception of their work life quality and their desire and behavior to withdraw, which is an area of inquiry that has not been fully investigated in the literature.

Examining the quality of work life: empirical testing indicators in the public organisation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Zahedy ◽  
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Seyyed Asghar Jafari ◽  
Majid Ramezan ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Organisational Effectiveness ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Public Organisations

Purpose: The present study aimed to identify employees’ quality of work life indicators in public organisations and provide necessary context to improve system accountability and employees’ needs in organisations. Research methodology: To identify quality of work life indicators, authors studied theoretical research basics entirely and by considering elites’ ideas, identified main indicators by a descriptive – survey technique. Result: Based on research findings, 15 constituents were identified as work life quality indicators. Research results indicate undesired quality of work life among employees at public organisations. Of identified constituents, Safe and healthy working conditions and organisational conflict are the most important and job satisfaction and Pay/benefits are the lowest important factors. Limitations: The results only extend the understanding of the role of quality of work life in organisational effectiveness and have implications for human resource managers that may not be applicable for other positions. Contribution: The study results help organisations identify the elements that affect the QWL and help them plan to increase organisational effectiveness by increasing employee satisfaction and motivation.

scholarly journals Farmers’ Work-Life Quality and Entrepreneurship Will in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan-Zhu Kong ◽  
Lily Zhao ◽  
Xiao-Bing Zhang ◽  
Cheng-Hung Tsai ◽  
David D. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life

Impact of Depressive Symptoms on the Work-life Quality of Financial Workers in China

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.-L. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
The Impact

Depression cases have been reported among workers in the financial industries. Occupations in this industry are considered among the most stressful ones. This study aimed to examine the impact of depressive symptoms of financial workers in China on their productivity and well-being. A survey was conducted using a convenient sample of 1024 financial workers recruited from three large-scale financial organizations located in the north and south of China. The result of Hierarchical Regression Analyses shows that depressive symptoms of workers significantly impaired their work-life quality. Severity of depressive symptoms had significant positive relationships with three behavioral manifestations at works. These are, in order of decreasing effect size, turnover intention, presenteeism, and absenteeism. Specifically, depressive symptoms had a larger effect on presenteeism compared to absenteeism, which implies the unawareness or insufficient recognition of Chinese workers towards depression as an illness in comparison with other physical illnesses. Moreover, a Univariate Analysis was conducted to study the moderating effect of emotional labor on the relationship between the severity of depressive symptoms and presenteeism. An aggravating effect was found, displaying a greater damage of depressive symptoms to psychosocial functions of workers. Besides, depressive symptoms of workers also impaired their quality of life in aspects such as interpersonal relationships, life situation, and so on. This study provides evidence of impairments of depression in the workplace, urging the management to pay more attention to its employees' mental health no matter whether it is for the sake of the company's benefit or the employees' well-being.

Job stress and task interest: Two factors in work life quality

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J. Zautra ◽  
Cristóbal Eblen ◽  
Kim D. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Job Stress ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Task Interest ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
And Task

scholarly journals Characteristics and Work Life Quality of Nursing Home Care Aides in Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. e2029121
Author(s):  
Yuting Song ◽  
Ala Iaconi ◽  
Stephanie A. Chamberlain ◽  
Greta Cummings ◽  
Matthias Hoben ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Care Aides ◽  
Home Care Aides ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

scholarly journals Evaluation of quality work life of nurses serving in the Hospital Of Dicle Univercity and the factors affecting itDicle Üniversitesi Hastanesinde çalışan hemşirelerde iş yaşamı kalitesi ve etkileyen etmenlerin değerlendirilmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ali Şen ◽  
Günay Saka ◽  
Yakup Evreüz
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Significant Difference

The study, which is a descriptive and cross-sectional one, was carried out on a population consisting of nurses serving at the Hospital of Diyarbakır Dicle University to identify and evaluate the factors affecting their work life quality depending on the employment conditions at the workplace.The population of the study consisted  of 720 nurses working in hospital of  the Medicine Faculty of Diyarbakır Dicle University and 334 nurses (46.4%) were included in the study. Study data were gathered, after obtaining the required permissions, by a survey form containing 29 questions determining demographic and vocational qualities between 1 September 2015-30 October 2015, and by “Nursing Working Life Quality Scale”  developed by Brooks (2001) and adapted into Turkish and tested in terms of validity and confidence  by Şirin (2011) was also used. In evaluation of the data, numbers, percentage calculation, standardized  deviation mean, Anova, Student t test, Kruskal-Wallis Variance Analysis and Mann-Whitney U test were  used. In these analyses p<0,05 was accepted as statistically significant. The total mean score of “Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale” (QNWLS) for nurses in the study was found to be 88,76±21,23. A statistically significant difference was found between participants’ place of employment, satisfaction with the choice of the unit they serve in, satisfaction with monthly salary, incidence of vocational diseases, working conditions from their perspective, love for their profession, educational background, proper employment in compliance with their special education/certificate and the general work life quality they perceive  and the QNWLS total score  (p<0.05).In conclusion, the results obtained in the study suggest that heavy working conditions in institutions should be moderated, that more qualified nurses should be employed to ease the work load of nurses, that physical conditions in working environments should ameliorated, that the managers should ensure that nurses be employed in field in accordance with their respective specialization and that programmes should be designed to enhance the work life quality of nurses taking due account of their requests, opinions and expectations. ÖzetAraştırma, Diyarbakır ili Dicle Üniversitesi (DÜ) Hastanesinde çalışan hemşirelerin iş yaşam koşullarına bağlı olarak gelişen iş yaşam kalitesini etkileyen etmenleri belirleyip değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılan tanımlayıcı-kesitsel bir araştırmadır.Araştırma evreni, Diyarbakır D.Ü. Tıp Fakültesi hastanesinde çalışan 720 hemşireden oluşmuş ve 334 hemşire (%46.4) çalışmaya dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışmanın verileri, gerekli izinler alındıktan sonra 1 Eylül 2015- 30 Ekim 2015 tarihleri arasında demografik ve mesleki özellikleri belirlemeye yönelik 29 soruluk anket formu ile Brooks’un (2001) geliştirdiği ve Şirin tarafından (2011) Türkçeye uyarlanıp, geçerliliği ve güvenilirliği test edilen “Hemşirelik İş Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği” ile elde edilmiştir. Verilerinin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzdelik hesaplama, standart sapma ortalama, Anova, Student t testi, Kruskal-Wallis Varyans analizi ve Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizlerde p<0.05 istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı olarak kabul edilmiştir. “Hemşirelik İş Yaşamı Kalitesi Ölçeği” (HİYKÖ) toplam puan ortalaması 88,76±21,23 olarak bulunmuştur. Katılımcıların, görev yerleri, çalıştığı birimi isteyerek seçme, aylık gelirlerini yeterli bulma, mesleğine bağlı hastalık geçirme, değerlendirdikleri çalışma koşulları, mesleklerini sevme, aldıkları eğitim, aldığı özel eğitim/ sertifikaya uygun görevde çalışma ve algıladıkları genel iş yaşamı kalite durumları ile HİYKÖ toplam puan ortalaması arasındaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur (p<0.05).Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda; kurumlarda ağır iş koşulları hafifletilmeli, kurumlarda kalifiye hemşire sayısı arttırılarak hemşirelerin iş yükleri azaltılmalı, çalışma ortamında fiziki şartlar iyileştirilmeli, hemşirelerin uzmanlaştığı alanda çalışmaları sağlanmalı, yöneticiler hemşirelerin istek, görüş ve beklentilerini dikkate alarak iş yaşam kalitelerini arttırıcı programlar oluşturulmalı gibi önerilerde bulunulabilir.

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