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 Checking the Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Employees Job Satisfaction of Education District 10 of Tehran

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Rogheyeh Najafifar
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Education Organization ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Relationship

Considering the fact that in all of the organization including education organization quality of work life today has found a special place, because this reason lack and vacuum of working life quality cause employees have not spirit that they should have to work, and this leads to job satisfaction and ultimately employee productivity reduce and working environment and career seem hollow. So in this research tried to assess the relationship between work life quality and job satisfaction in Education Organization of Tehran. This research was conducted in period is July and August 2015. The research method is descriptive and correlational and the study population included all employees in the Education Organization 10 District of Tehran. The total number is 100 people. That according to Cochran formula was calculated sample size of over 79 people. In this study, for the data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as Kolmogorov - Smirnov correlation test was used. The study results showed that 8 independent variable of this research significantly have significant relationship with dependent variable job satisfaction.

How despotic leadership jeopardizes employees' performance: the roles of quality of work life and work withdrawal

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shazia Nauman ◽  
Connice Zheng ◽  
Ameer A. Basit
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study contributes to the leadership literature by examining how and when despotic leadership jeopardizes employees' performance. Specifically, we examine whether employees' job performance could be harmed by despotic supervision through employees' work withdrawal behaviour. Moreover, we investigate whether the quality of work-life (QWL) helps in toning down the harmful effects of despotic supervision on work withdrawal.Design/methodology/approachWe used a multi-wave research design with data collected from 195 employees and their supervisors working in Pakistan's manufacturing sector. At time 1, we measured the independent variable (i.e. despotic leadership) and moderator (QWL), whereas, at time-2, the mediator (work withdrawal) was tapped by the same respondent with a time interval of three weeks between them. At time 3, the outcome (supervisor-rated job performance) was assessed directly by the supervisors.FindingsThe results support the mediating effect between despotic leadership and employees' performance through an enhanced level of work withdrawal behaviour. The effect of despotic leadership on job performance via work withdrawal behaviour was found to be weaker among employees with a higher level of QWL.Practical implicationsFor individuals, QWL serves as an enhancement of personal resources to deal with despotic leaders at the workplace; for organizations, our study results alert managers and leaders at the workplace to address employees' need for QWL as this positive resource may discourage work withdrawal behaviour and stimulate employees to perform well in their jobs despite facing despotic supervision.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the leadership literature by introducing work withdrawal as an underlying mechanism to explain the despotic leadership – job performance relationship. Further, we examined how the harmful effects of despotic leadership can be toned down through the moderating variable of QWL thus having practical implications for both employers and employees.

Nurses’ Work-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Demographic Factors at a Public Hospital in Western Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 0272684X2097283
Author(s):  
Javad Yoosefi Lebni ◽  
Razie Toghroli ◽  
Jaffar Abbas ◽  
Neda Kianipour ◽  
Nazila NeJhaddadgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Western Iran ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Quality

Background The quality of life as a concept beyond physical health stands one of the protuberant indexes, and various health-based studies required distinct measurements, which deemed necessary for their significant implications. The nurses fight at the front and play a leading role in providing services to patients at healthcare centers. They deserve a higher quality of life in catering to physical health services. This present study focuses on examining nurses' work-life quality standards and how demographic variables contribute to the hospital of Imam Reza in Kermanshah of Western Iran. Methods This descriptive-analytical study recruited a sample of 271 nurses affiliated with Imam Reza Hospital and Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences by incorporating the stratified random sampling in 2019. This study used a two-part questionnaire to collect data from the targeted respondents. The first part presented the participants' demographic profiles, and the second part showed the nurses' work‐related quality of life (WRQoL) on the scale developed by Van Laar et al. The study screened the data and performed analyses through the SPSS version-23. The research study conducted a descriptive analysis to measure mean and standard deviation with inferential statistics, including independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA (P < 0.05). Results The study findings specified that nurses’ average quality of the work-life was at a moderate level 3.11 ± 0.47. Besides, results indicated that 57.50% of the nurses reported high standards of quality of work-life, 36.50% showed a modest and 5.20% revealed a lower level of work-life quality. The findings indicated that the quality of work-life significantly correlated with respondent’' age, marital status, education, work experience, position, department, shifts, and employment status (p < 0.05). Conclusion The findings of this research demonstrated that the nurses’ quality of work-life was higher than the average standard. The results provide useful insight for nurses and hospital managers. The policymakers and health managers need to pay more attention to providing a better quality of work-life to the nurses.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Training Program on Nurses’ Quality of Work Life through Smartphone Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohadeseh Motamed-Jahromi ◽  
Zhila Fereidouni ◽  
Azizallah Dehghan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Aim. Job stress is a part of nurses’ professional life that causes the decrease of the nurses’ job satisfaction and quality of work life. This study aimed to determine the effect of positive thinking via social media applications on the nurses’ quality of work life. Methods. This was a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study design with a control group. The samples were selected among the nurses in two hospitals in Fasa University of Medical Sciences and divided randomly into two interventional (n=50) and control (n=50) groups. Positive thinking training through telegrams was sent to the intervention group during a period of 3 months. Data were collected by using Brooks and Anderson’s questionnaire of work life quality and analyzed by SPSS 18. Results. The mean total scores of pretest and posttest in the intervention group improved noticeably and there were significant differences between mean scores of quality of work life in pretest and posttest scores in interventional groups (p<0.001) and in dimensions of work life quality, home life (p<0.001), work design (p<0.001), work context (p<0.001), and work world (p=0.003). Conclusion. This study concluded that positive thinking training via social media application enhanced nurses’ quality of work life. This study is necessary to carry out on a larger sample size for generalizing findings better.

scholarly journals Determining the relationship between girl students’ quality of school life and teachers’ quality of work life

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Atefeh Ferdosipour ◽  
Haniyeh Mousavi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
School Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Quality Of School Life ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the quality of life of school students and the quality of work life of high school teachers in Eslamshahr. The research method is descriptive–correlational and its statistical population includes all high school teachers and students of second grade in Eslamshahr city. The sample size was calculated based on the Cochran formula with 5% error levels for 339 teachers and 363 for students. The data collection tools in this study are as follows: Walton Model of Quality of Work Life and Knowledge of School Quality of Life Questionnaires. The analysis of the research data was conducted in two parts: inferential statistics and inferential statistics with SPSS software. The results showed that all the components of the quality of school life of students had a positive and significant relationship with the dimensions of teachers’ quality of work life with p≥0.05.   Keywords: Quality of life, quality of work life, quality of school life.

scholarly journals Quality of work life perceived by nurses and their organizational commitment level

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Handan Eren ◽  
Filiz Hisar
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Correlation Analysis Method ◽  
Student’S T

Purpose: Quality of work life affects employees' commitment towards the organization. It is a concept that closely interests both the employees and the organization. The present study was conducted in a descriptive form for the purpose of determining nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment levels. Materials and methods: The population of the study consists of the nurses working in a university hospital and no further sampling method was implemented. A total of 163 nurses participated in the study. The data were collected between August and December 2012 through the use of the "Organizational Commitment Questionnaire" and the "Quality of Nursing Work Life Survey", a descriptive questionnaire that covers the socio-demographic and work life characteristics of the participants. Student's t-tests, Tukey multiple comparison test, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and Pearson correlation analysis method were utilized in the evaluation of the collected data.Results: In the study it was determined that the nurses' work life quality and their organizational commitment are at medium levels.  It was also determined that there is a positive and statistically significant relation between work life quality and organizational commitment.Conclusion: It is suggested to implement applications that would enhance nurses work life quality.

scholarly journals Influence of Employee Creativity on the Quality of Work of Employees in Selected Ghanian Organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanson Priscilla ◽  
Martin Gyambrah ◽  
Isaac Boakye ◽  
Hanson Priscilla ◽  
Martin Gyambrah
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Work Demand ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
The Relationship

The quality of work life of employees have become a critical factor min rating the overall performance of employees. The study sampled 234 respondents from the telecommunication, banking, educational institution as well as the hospitality. Respondents were selected using the convenient sampling technique. Data was collected using structures questionnaires. The main objective of the study was to assess the nature of the relationship between employee creativity and employee work life quality. Furthermore, the study also enquired about the role of work stress and demands on the relationship between employee work creativity and quality of work life. Data was analyzed using hierarchical regression to control for the effects of other extraneous variables. The study revealed that there was a positive relationship between employee creativity and quality of work life. Besides, work demand and stress was also found to be a significant moderator on the relationship between employee creativity and work life quality. Employee work demands negatively impacted creativity at the work place. Recommendations as well as area for further study have been provided.

scholarly journals Work-Life Quality, Job Involvement, and Affective Commitment of School Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Keyword(s):  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
School Organization ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of work-life quality and job involvement perceived by teachers to their affective commitment so that they feel a strong emotional bond to their work and school organization, are able to identify the goals and values of the school organization well, and really want to be there. This research uses causal survey method by using path analysis technique. This study uses the sample from 138 teachers in eight buddhist senior high schools in Jakarta, which were selected using the Slovin formula. The result of the study reveals that first, there is a positive effect between the quality of work life and the affective commitment of the teachers in school. Second, there is a positive effect between job involvement and affective commitment of teachers in school. Third, there is a positive effect between quality of work life and job involvement teachers in school

scholarly journals Effect of Saudi nurses’ perceived work-life quality on work engagement and organizational commitment

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Hassona et al. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Quality Of Work

The nurse faculty at the University of Ha’il in Saudi Arabia is responsible for academic and in-service education for nursing discipline and for staff and organizational research. They are considered critical players in assuring quality educational experiences that prepare the nursing workforce for a diverse, ever-changing health care environment. Nowadays, Ha’il University is seeking accreditation, which includes evidence that the working environment is appropriate for both students and the teaching staff. Also, managements in public higher education institutions recently have utilized quality of work-life as a tool for attracting and retaining talented academic staff. Because with having quality of work-life commitment and loyalty of the employees created to its potential. Thus the aim of this study is to test the mediating effect of quality of work-life on the relationship between work engagement and organizational commitment among academic nursing staff at Ha’il University. Measures were the quality of the work-life scale, the short form of the Utrecht work engagement scale, and an organizational commitment questionnaire. The results indicated that the academic nursing staff had satisfactory levels of work-life quality (3.56±0.62) and high work engagement (4.76±1.12) and a positive organizational commitment result (3.09±0.22). A correlation was found between quality of work-life and organizational commitment. However, there was neither a significant relationship between quality of work-life and work engagement nor was there between work engagement and organizational commitment. The conclusion was therefore that quality of work-life does not mediate the work engagement and organizational commitment relationship.

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