The document discusses a study on the significance of general well-being of IT professionals in India. Through a survey of 826 IT professionals, the study identified three key factors that influence general well-being: physical health, depressive symptoms, and work stress. Physical health was positively correlated with both depressive symptoms and work stress. Depressive symptoms were also positively correlated with work stress. The study concludes that understanding these influencing factors is important for developing training and workplace initiatives to promote employee well-being in the IT industry.
An Empirical Study on relationship among Quality of work life and its factorsIOSR Journals
QWL is a very important concept of favorable situation in a working environment. QWL helps the management and employees by facilitating training opportunities, job satisfaction and working condition. A satisfied employee is one who has a career growth along with the organization growth. Sample of 826 respondents were collected from IT industry. The factor analysis was applied to find out the underlying variance among the variables. the results of exploratory factor analysis confirmed that the measurement scales used in this study satisfactorily met the standards of validity and reliability analyses. This study used empirical research methods to explore the correlation between QWL factors. That provided a new way of thinking and measures how to improve the QWL of IT professionals and the organization Performance. Conclusion of this study is elaborated.
The article discusses the importance of employee engagement for organizational
and business performance through the prism of ergonomics. The issues that are
discussed in this paper comprise the modest contribution that ergonomics as a
discipline has made. The relevance of workplace health and ergonomics work relate
with that of participation, safety culture and further implications for participatory
ergonomics approaches. Based on recently published conceptual framework that
recognises the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of safety culture, the paper
highlights the due significance demanded by ergonomics and that which is equally
ignored by top management. The paper concludes by considering the much needed
empirical survey on this issue in almost all industries and prompt action being taken
to implement it. Also, the paper gives a glimpse of various approaches for an
empirical study, within an organisation which is noted as important to the success of
ergonomics projects
AN ANALYSIS OF WORKPLACE ENTERTAINMENT AMONG COLLEGE TEACHERS ON WORK ENGAGEMENTIAEME Publication
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of workplace entertainment on work engagement among college teachers. An empirical study conducted among the 200 college teachers in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu. Purposive sampling method under non probability sampling technique was adopted for selecting samples for this study. Questionnaire survey was conducted for data collection. The major findings were workplace entertainment have both positive and negative effect on the work engagement of college teachers. Socialising with co-workers and Personal freedom at work have positive effect on factors like cognitive, emotional and social work engagement while celebration at work has positive effect on emotional work engagement and negative effect on cognitive and social work engagement of teachers. Authorities of colleges are major beneficiary of findings of this study. They will get a clear picture about the current pulse of workers regarding the effects of workplace entertainment on work engagement experienced by the college teachers.
The greater challenges of work and personal aspects of life have intensified the
work life balance scenario. Employee engagement and retention has emerged as an
important as well as critical tool in today’s business. So in order to maintain a
equilibrium between personal and professional life, organizations should formulate
policies that manage better; any work related stress, tensions or conflict arising at the
workplace. The study is based on Literature Review and Secondary data collected from
selected papers analyzed and a conceptual framework has been established depicting
the reason behind work-life imbalance. This study investigates the factors responsible
for work life balance and what are the challenges involved in the manufacturing sector.
It was suggested that the employers must consider work life balance programs on the
basis of policies they formulate, benefits they provide and services they render.
Additionally policies and strategies must be constituted such that it can modify an
employee’s perception about his employer and they tend to stay in the organization for a
longer period of time. It provides a scope for future direction to various researchers,
policy makers and also academicians in this field
Effect of Job Stress, Benefits and Salary on Employee Job Satisfaction Based ...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The study aimed to explore the mediating role of work environment with employee job satisfaction, job stress and benefits and salary, to investigate the moderating effects of leadership between work environment and employee job satisfaction. The quantitative and inductive approach was used to collect data for 515 employees. The data was collected through a field survey with a closed-ended questionnaire methodology. The Smart-Partial Least Square (PLS-3.0) was used to analyze structural equation modeling (SEM) for studied variables. Furthermore, findings proved that there is a positive relationship between benefits and salary with employee job satisfaction. The work environment mediates the relationship between Benefits & salary and employee job satisfaction. Here, leadership moderates between work environment and employees' job satisfaction. The job stress has a relationship between employee job satisfaction, whereas, the work environment has a positive effect on job stress. This study assists the executive bodies of the telecommunication sector, how to reduce job stress and raise the level of job satisfaction among employees.
An Empirical Study on relationship among Quality of work life and its factorsIOSR Journals
QWL is a very important concept of favorable situation in a working environment. QWL helps the management and employees by facilitating training opportunities, job satisfaction and working condition. A satisfied employee is one who has a career growth along with the organization growth. Sample of 826 respondents were collected from IT industry. The factor analysis was applied to find out the underlying variance among the variables. the results of exploratory factor analysis confirmed that the measurement scales used in this study satisfactorily met the standards of validity and reliability analyses. This study used empirical research methods to explore the correlation between QWL factors. That provided a new way of thinking and measures how to improve the QWL of IT professionals and the organization Performance. Conclusion of this study is elaborated.
The article discusses the importance of employee engagement for organizational
and business performance through the prism of ergonomics. The issues that are
discussed in this paper comprise the modest contribution that ergonomics as a
discipline has made. The relevance of workplace health and ergonomics work relate
with that of participation, safety culture and further implications for participatory
ergonomics approaches. Based on recently published conceptual framework that
recognises the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of safety culture, the paper
highlights the due significance demanded by ergonomics and that which is equally
ignored by top management. The paper concludes by considering the much needed
empirical survey on this issue in almost all industries and prompt action being taken
to implement it. Also, the paper gives a glimpse of various approaches for an
empirical study, within an organisation which is noted as important to the success of
ergonomics projects
AN ANALYSIS OF WORKPLACE ENTERTAINMENT AMONG COLLEGE TEACHERS ON WORK ENGAGEMENTIAEME Publication
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of workplace entertainment on work engagement among college teachers. An empirical study conducted among the 200 college teachers in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu. Purposive sampling method under non probability sampling technique was adopted for selecting samples for this study. Questionnaire survey was conducted for data collection. The major findings were workplace entertainment have both positive and negative effect on the work engagement of college teachers. Socialising with co-workers and Personal freedom at work have positive effect on factors like cognitive, emotional and social work engagement while celebration at work has positive effect on emotional work engagement and negative effect on cognitive and social work engagement of teachers. Authorities of colleges are major beneficiary of findings of this study. They will get a clear picture about the current pulse of workers regarding the effects of workplace entertainment on work engagement experienced by the college teachers.
The greater challenges of work and personal aspects of life have intensified the
work life balance scenario. Employee engagement and retention has emerged as an
important as well as critical tool in today’s business. So in order to maintain a
equilibrium between personal and professional life, organizations should formulate
policies that manage better; any work related stress, tensions or conflict arising at the
workplace. The study is based on Literature Review and Secondary data collected from
selected papers analyzed and a conceptual framework has been established depicting
the reason behind work-life imbalance. This study investigates the factors responsible
for work life balance and what are the challenges involved in the manufacturing sector.
It was suggested that the employers must consider work life balance programs on the
basis of policies they formulate, benefits they provide and services they render.
Additionally policies and strategies must be constituted such that it can modify an
employee’s perception about his employer and they tend to stay in the organization for a
longer period of time. It provides a scope for future direction to various researchers,
policy makers and also academicians in this field
Effect of Job Stress, Benefits and Salary on Employee Job Satisfaction Based ...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The study aimed to explore the mediating role of work environment with employee job satisfaction, job stress and benefits and salary, to investigate the moderating effects of leadership between work environment and employee job satisfaction. The quantitative and inductive approach was used to collect data for 515 employees. The data was collected through a field survey with a closed-ended questionnaire methodology. The Smart-Partial Least Square (PLS-3.0) was used to analyze structural equation modeling (SEM) for studied variables. Furthermore, findings proved that there is a positive relationship between benefits and salary with employee job satisfaction. The work environment mediates the relationship between Benefits & salary and employee job satisfaction. Here, leadership moderates between work environment and employees' job satisfaction. The job stress has a relationship between employee job satisfaction, whereas, the work environment has a positive effect on job stress. This study assists the executive bodies of the telecommunication sector, how to reduce job stress and raise the level of job satisfaction among employees.
Stress in Women Employee; A study on influence of Age (With reference to Insu...IOSR Journals
Occupational stresses and causes work load and job nature that produced stresses among the insurance employees seek to identify in the present scenario of the insurance industry. The present study is about measuring the satisfaction level of females in an insurance sector and to evaluate the relationships between occupational stress, health and job satisfaction. The main aim of this study to measure the influence of age factors on occupational stress among insurance employees. And to evaluate the impact of occupational stress level on job satisfaction among the insurance employees. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and statistical tool was applied on the data. The purpose of this study is occupational stressors among females in an insurance company.
There has been lot of debate on the reasons of stress experienced in organizations; consequently it has been realized that stress at workplace brings damages in terms of health of employees, work accidents, poor productivity and staff turnover. Now a days workrelated stress is an area of major concern and research in the behavioral sciences. Work- relates can be linked to physical and psychological health problems among people. The present study is an attempt to find out the difference in work-stressors among the workforces of BPO sector and Educational Institutes. The data was gathered from Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. A sample of 400 respondents was considered for study. Only 375 respondents returned the filled form. Random convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data. Work-stressors scale identified by Cooper (1986) was used to measure work-related stressors and the results revealed that there is no significant difference among the workforces of both sector on the basis of work related stressors.
Investigating the influence of service training reward system and empowerment...csandit
The current study focuses on the investigation of the relationship between variables training,
reward, empowerment and job satisfaction of the employees and the influence of job satisfaction
on the organizational commitment. In so doing, the relationship between super pattern variables
was considered on the basis of some theoretical principles. This is a correlative study in which
the path analysis model is used, because it is possible to investigate direct and indirect paths
through such model. Population included all employees of Ilam’s telecommunications company
among whom 190 ones were selected as the sample by use of randomized sampling model. Data
was gathered using five standard questionnaires. The reliability and admissibility of the
questionnaires was evaluated by use of Coronbach’s and explorative factor analysis. In order
to test the available pattern, the path analysis technique was used. Results show that there is a
meaningful relationship between the above mentioned variables.
Exploration of intention to turnover case study of hospital IT employeessetyantabudi
This study identifies factors that influence intentions for a turnover. Previous research indicated that hostile work environment, excessive workload, and job dissatisfaction are some factors that drive turno-ver intention. Data collection was done by survey method through a questionnaire. The sample of research was 120 employees of Information Technology (IT) department to qualify data analysis with Structural Equa-tion Modeling (SEM). The results showed that organizational commitment, work fatigue, and job satisfaction directly affect turnover intention, while the autonomy and work characteristics indirectly influence the inten-tion.
Keywords: intention to turnover, organizational commitment, work fatigue, job satisfaction
Change management by neurological aspects of organizational behaviourIAEME Publication
Dynamic changes affect inter-relationships between different stakeholders of organization.
The remarkable impact may be on individual and group decisions, performance at work, work-life
balance etc. Group dynamics and leadership have direct impact on cognitive behaviour. This paper is
an outcome of a research focused on impact of neurological aspects on behaviour affecting change
management initiatives. It includes changes in performance, decision making ability, team work,
creativity and engagement among employees from selective micro and small scale enterprises. This
study attempts to formulate suitable design of change management policy to cope up with probable
deviations in the organizational behaviour.
Pooling Late Work: Impact on Health in Information Technology Professionpaperpublications3
Abstract: The human-computer interaction factor also has an effect on work exhaustion because now a days work related stress is becoming a great challenge to the working people especially IT professionals in the organizations. In one end, The stressors like self role distance (SRD), Inter-role distance (IRD), Role Boundaries(RB) and Personal adequacy(PA) but at the other end, work load, lack of time flexibility, health issues and other problems are creating more problem for IT professionals in fact these factors are pooling them for late work.
A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress on Job Satisfaction of the Emplo...ijtsrd
Occupational stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses when the job requirements do not match the workers capabilities, resources, or needs. Indeed, there may be many factors affecting organizational effectiveness, and one of them is occupational stress which impacts employees job satisfaction. Job satisfaction leads people experiencing higher subjective well being to become more engaged and involved in their work, earn more money, have better relations with supervisors and co employees, and are better organizational citizens. The primary purpose of this OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON JOB SATISFACTION study is to examine employees stress and job satisfaction. Every organization needs to have less stress and more satisfaction in employees to perform their work well when they feel good about their jobs. Certain factors tend to be consistently related to job satisfaction. My study examines the various factors and knows the level of stress and job satisfaction in Employees of the organization, and provides practical suggestions for improving the organizations performance. A questionnaire was designed which included questions regarding stress in employees alongside their satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Accordingly, 100 employees have been selected randomly from the organization, and feedback forms Questionnaire have been obtained. Through this analysis, interpretations were made thus. Atiqullah Sahim | Dr. P. Basaiah "A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress on Job Satisfaction of the Employees at New Kabul Bank Afghanistan" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45190.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/45190/a-study-on-the-impact-of-occupational-stress-on-job-satisfaction-of-the-employees-at-new-kabul-bank-afghanistan/atiqullah-sahim
Emotional intelligence has been a buzzword of the 21st century. Whereas the previous 100 years revolved around IQ and its implications the modern digital economy lays more stress on the vitality of emotional intelligence and how it can be a pivotal factor in the growth and success of an individual. This study meticulously examines the impact of emotional intelligence of employees on their job satisfaction, job performance and work engagement. The study was conducted on a carefully selected sample size of 150 employees currently part of the telecommunication ecosystem of Pakistan. The results of the study show a very strong correlation between the emotional intelligence of individuals vis a vis the variables that are associated with employment i.e. job satisfaction, job performance and engagement at work. The literature explains in depth about the internal emotional state of employees and how it has a direct impact on their job attitude. This research is important from the fact that it will help employers in the telecommunication industry to understand the factors which lead to positive and enhanced emotional intelligence since it will have a direct impact on overall organizational performance.
The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of Healthcare Per...IOSRJBM
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of the job satisfaction of health care personnel on organizational commitment’s components. The data of the research were collected by way of a survey that was conducted on 501 health care workers who work in a public university hospital in Turkey. Structural equation modeling (path analysis) was conducted to test the hypotheses. From the results of the analyses, there was no statistically significant influence of intrinsic satisfaction on organizational commitment was found. Only extrintic satisfaction was determined significantly negative effect on continuance commitment and positive effect on normative commitment. In other words, an increase in the level of extrinsic satisfaction causes a decrease in continuance commitment and an increase in normative commitment.
In poor setting workplace environment in Bangladesh, most of the employees are bound to work due to the scarcity of job. Despite remarkable progresses in industrial sectors over the last few decades employees are facing two types of disadvantages; one they are working with dissatisfied workplace environment and lower wages on the other. It is the reality of the most of the employees in industrial sectors especially in the physical labour oriented industries. This study based on the information collected from 417 employees of three physical labour based aluminum industries in Rajshahi city of Bangladesh. Results of this study highlight that there are a strong variation in the satisfaction level of the employees about the workplace environment by their socio-demographic characteristics. It is believed that the findings of the study will facilitate policy-makers and respected authorities to take timely and viable steps and develop workable strategies to address the issue of sound workplace environment in the industrial sector. Without ensuring employees satisfaction through better workplace environment, it is difficult to reach sustainable development of the country.
MODERATING EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION ON TURNOVER INTENTION AND STRESS BURNOU...IAEME Publication
Purpose: This study determined the relationship between turnover intention and stress burnout with the moderating effect of job satisfaction. Burnout the stress is the most important factor that leads to turnover intention. Especially in the Information technology sector, the employee faced these challenges nowadays. Methods: The study moves with the quantitative method with a simple random sampling technique. The sample of the study is 392 in Bangalore City. To collect the data, a structured measurement scale was used. Hypotheses were framed based on the conceptual framework of the study. The constructed hypotheses were tested by using statistical tools such as regression analysis to validate the purpose. Findings: The findings of the study explores that there is a positive relationship between turnover intention and stress burnout among the employees in the information technology sector. Conclusion: The turnover intention was initiated to fluctuate depending on working circumstances. There is insufficient research on burnout and turnover intention with moderating effect on job satisfaction
Impact of Job Satisfaction on Employee Retention of IT Professionalsijtsrd
Human resources are the source of revenue of all types of an organization. The major challenge that organizations are facing today is not only managing these resources but also retaining them. Securing and retaining experienced employees plays an important task in any organization, because employees acquaintance and skills are vital to companies ability to be competitive cost-effectively. This paper focusing on employee satisfaction can positively impact the organization as it increases the productivity, performance, quality of work, profits & dedication to the organization, reduced turnover, superior attendance. Thus, this paper seeks to look at the impact of job satisfaction on employee retention of information technology professionals specifically the software engineers. Pavithra. P | Dr. V. M. Anitha Rajathi"Impact of Job Satisfaction on Employee Retention of IT Professionals" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd10884.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/management-development/10884/impact-of-job-satisfaction-on-employee-retention-of-it-professionals/pavithra-p
Stress in Women Employee; A study on influence of Age (With reference to Insu...IOSR Journals
Occupational stresses and causes work load and job nature that produced stresses among the insurance employees seek to identify in the present scenario of the insurance industry. The present study is about measuring the satisfaction level of females in an insurance sector and to evaluate the relationships between occupational stress, health and job satisfaction. The main aim of this study to measure the influence of age factors on occupational stress among insurance employees. And to evaluate the impact of occupational stress level on job satisfaction among the insurance employees. For this purpose a structured questionnaire was designed to collect information and statistical tool was applied on the data. The purpose of this study is occupational stressors among females in an insurance company.
There has been lot of debate on the reasons of stress experienced in organizations; consequently it has been realized that stress at workplace brings damages in terms of health of employees, work accidents, poor productivity and staff turnover. Now a days workrelated stress is an area of major concern and research in the behavioral sciences. Work- relates can be linked to physical and psychological health problems among people. The present study is an attempt to find out the difference in work-stressors among the workforces of BPO sector and Educational Institutes. The data was gathered from Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. A sample of 400 respondents was considered for study. Only 375 respondents returned the filled form. Random convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data. Work-stressors scale identified by Cooper (1986) was used to measure work-related stressors and the results revealed that there is no significant difference among the workforces of both sector on the basis of work related stressors.
Investigating the influence of service training reward system and empowerment...csandit
The current study focuses on the investigation of the relationship between variables training,
reward, empowerment and job satisfaction of the employees and the influence of job satisfaction
on the organizational commitment. In so doing, the relationship between super pattern variables
was considered on the basis of some theoretical principles. This is a correlative study in which
the path analysis model is used, because it is possible to investigate direct and indirect paths
through such model. Population included all employees of Ilam’s telecommunications company
among whom 190 ones were selected as the sample by use of randomized sampling model. Data
was gathered using five standard questionnaires. The reliability and admissibility of the
questionnaires was evaluated by use of Coronbach’s and explorative factor analysis. In order
to test the available pattern, the path analysis technique was used. Results show that there is a
meaningful relationship between the above mentioned variables.
Exploration of intention to turnover case study of hospital IT employeessetyantabudi
This study identifies factors that influence intentions for a turnover. Previous research indicated that hostile work environment, excessive workload, and job dissatisfaction are some factors that drive turno-ver intention. Data collection was done by survey method through a questionnaire. The sample of research was 120 employees of Information Technology (IT) department to qualify data analysis with Structural Equa-tion Modeling (SEM). The results showed that organizational commitment, work fatigue, and job satisfaction directly affect turnover intention, while the autonomy and work characteristics indirectly influence the inten-tion.
Keywords: intention to turnover, organizational commitment, work fatigue, job satisfaction
Change management by neurological aspects of organizational behaviourIAEME Publication
Dynamic changes affect inter-relationships between different stakeholders of organization.
The remarkable impact may be on individual and group decisions, performance at work, work-life
balance etc. Group dynamics and leadership have direct impact on cognitive behaviour. This paper is
an outcome of a research focused on impact of neurological aspects on behaviour affecting change
management initiatives. It includes changes in performance, decision making ability, team work,
creativity and engagement among employees from selective micro and small scale enterprises. This
study attempts to formulate suitable design of change management policy to cope up with probable
deviations in the organizational behaviour.
Pooling Late Work: Impact on Health in Information Technology Professionpaperpublications3
Abstract: The human-computer interaction factor also has an effect on work exhaustion because now a days work related stress is becoming a great challenge to the working people especially IT professionals in the organizations. In one end, The stressors like self role distance (SRD), Inter-role distance (IRD), Role Boundaries(RB) and Personal adequacy(PA) but at the other end, work load, lack of time flexibility, health issues and other problems are creating more problem for IT professionals in fact these factors are pooling them for late work.
A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress on Job Satisfaction of the Emplo...ijtsrd
Occupational stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses when the job requirements do not match the workers capabilities, resources, or needs. Indeed, there may be many factors affecting organizational effectiveness, and one of them is occupational stress which impacts employees job satisfaction. Job satisfaction leads people experiencing higher subjective well being to become more engaged and involved in their work, earn more money, have better relations with supervisors and co employees, and are better organizational citizens. The primary purpose of this OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON JOB SATISFACTION study is to examine employees stress and job satisfaction. Every organization needs to have less stress and more satisfaction in employees to perform their work well when they feel good about their jobs. Certain factors tend to be consistently related to job satisfaction. My study examines the various factors and knows the level of stress and job satisfaction in Employees of the organization, and provides practical suggestions for improving the organizations performance. A questionnaire was designed which included questions regarding stress in employees alongside their satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Accordingly, 100 employees have been selected randomly from the organization, and feedback forms Questionnaire have been obtained. Through this analysis, interpretations were made thus. Atiqullah Sahim | Dr. P. Basaiah "A Study on the Impact of Occupational Stress on Job Satisfaction of the Employees at New Kabul Bank Afghanistan" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45190.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/45190/a-study-on-the-impact-of-occupational-stress-on-job-satisfaction-of-the-employees-at-new-kabul-bank-afghanistan/atiqullah-sahim
Emotional intelligence has been a buzzword of the 21st century. Whereas the previous 100 years revolved around IQ and its implications the modern digital economy lays more stress on the vitality of emotional intelligence and how it can be a pivotal factor in the growth and success of an individual. This study meticulously examines the impact of emotional intelligence of employees on their job satisfaction, job performance and work engagement. The study was conducted on a carefully selected sample size of 150 employees currently part of the telecommunication ecosystem of Pakistan. The results of the study show a very strong correlation between the emotional intelligence of individuals vis a vis the variables that are associated with employment i.e. job satisfaction, job performance and engagement at work. The literature explains in depth about the internal emotional state of employees and how it has a direct impact on their job attitude. This research is important from the fact that it will help employers in the telecommunication industry to understand the factors which lead to positive and enhanced emotional intelligence since it will have a direct impact on overall organizational performance.
The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of Healthcare Per...IOSRJBM
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of the job satisfaction of health care personnel on organizational commitment’s components. The data of the research were collected by way of a survey that was conducted on 501 health care workers who work in a public university hospital in Turkey. Structural equation modeling (path analysis) was conducted to test the hypotheses. From the results of the analyses, there was no statistically significant influence of intrinsic satisfaction on organizational commitment was found. Only extrintic satisfaction was determined significantly negative effect on continuance commitment and positive effect on normative commitment. In other words, an increase in the level of extrinsic satisfaction causes a decrease in continuance commitment and an increase in normative commitment.
In poor setting workplace environment in Bangladesh, most of the employees are bound to work due to the scarcity of job. Despite remarkable progresses in industrial sectors over the last few decades employees are facing two types of disadvantages; one they are working with dissatisfied workplace environment and lower wages on the other. It is the reality of the most of the employees in industrial sectors especially in the physical labour oriented industries. This study based on the information collected from 417 employees of three physical labour based aluminum industries in Rajshahi city of Bangladesh. Results of this study highlight that there are a strong variation in the satisfaction level of the employees about the workplace environment by their socio-demographic characteristics. It is believed that the findings of the study will facilitate policy-makers and respected authorities to take timely and viable steps and develop workable strategies to address the issue of sound workplace environment in the industrial sector. Without ensuring employees satisfaction through better workplace environment, it is difficult to reach sustainable development of the country.
MODERATING EFFECT OF JOB SATISFACTION ON TURNOVER INTENTION AND STRESS BURNOU...IAEME Publication
Purpose: This study determined the relationship between turnover intention and stress burnout with the moderating effect of job satisfaction. Burnout the stress is the most important factor that leads to turnover intention. Especially in the Information technology sector, the employee faced these challenges nowadays. Methods: The study moves with the quantitative method with a simple random sampling technique. The sample of the study is 392 in Bangalore City. To collect the data, a structured measurement scale was used. Hypotheses were framed based on the conceptual framework of the study. The constructed hypotheses were tested by using statistical tools such as regression analysis to validate the purpose. Findings: The findings of the study explores that there is a positive relationship between turnover intention and stress burnout among the employees in the information technology sector. Conclusion: The turnover intention was initiated to fluctuate depending on working circumstances. There is insufficient research on burnout and turnover intention with moderating effect on job satisfaction
Impact of Job Satisfaction on Employee Retention of IT Professionalsijtsrd
Human resources are the source of revenue of all types of an organization. The major challenge that organizations are facing today is not only managing these resources but also retaining them. Securing and retaining experienced employees plays an important task in any organization, because employees acquaintance and skills are vital to companies ability to be competitive cost-effectively. This paper focusing on employee satisfaction can positively impact the organization as it increases the productivity, performance, quality of work, profits & dedication to the organization, reduced turnover, superior attendance. Thus, this paper seeks to look at the impact of job satisfaction on employee retention of information technology professionals specifically the software engineers. Pavithra. P | Dr. V. M. Anitha Rajathi"Impact of Job Satisfaction on Employee Retention of IT Professionals" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd10884.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/management-development/10884/impact-of-job-satisfaction-on-employee-retention-of-it-professionals/pavithra-p
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Vol. 1 Issue 1 January 2011
WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON
ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR
ORGANISATIONS
Dr. K. CHANDRASEKAR
Assistant Professor,
Alagappa Institute of Management,
Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT
The workplace environment impacts employee morale, productivity and engagement - both positively and
negatively. The work place environment in a majority of industry is unsafe and unhealthy. These includes
poorly designed workstations, unsuitable furniture, lack of ventilation, inappropriate lighting, excessive
noise, insufficient safety measures in fire emergencies and lack of personal protective equipment. People
working in such environment are prone to occupational disease and it impacts on employee’s
performance. Thus productivity is decreased due to the workplace environment. It is the quality of the
employee’s workplace environment that most impacts on their level of motivation and subsequent
performance. How well they engage with the organization, especially with their immediate environment,
influences to a great extent their error rate, level of innovation and collaboration with other employees,
absenteeism and ultimately, how long they stay in the job. Creating a work environment in which
employees are productive is essential to increased profits for your organization, corporation or small
business. The relationship between work, the workplace and the tools of work, workplace becomes an
integral part of work itself. The management that dictate how, exactly, to maximize employee productivity
center around two major areas of focus: personal motivation and the infrastructure of the work
environment.
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The paper presents the analysis of the working environment at different public sector
organizations and the research done to understand the performance level of the employees due to the
work environment, and also aims at suggesting few interactions to provide better work environment at
Public Sector Organisations.
Keywords: Work environment, employee performance, workplace design, environmental factors,
motivation
INTRODUCTION
.In today’s competitive business environment, organizations can no longer afford.
The Aim Of This Study Is To Investigate The Reciprocal Relationship Between Job Satisfaction,
Employee Commitment And Organizational Performance. Accordingly, A Linear Structural Equation Model
Was Developed To Delineate The Above Interaction And Explore The Mediating Effects Of Commitment On The
Relationship Between Job Satisfaction And Organizational Performance.
A Study Of The Effect Of Organization, Employees Opinion, Experience And Comm...IOSR Journals
Employees form the basis and foundation for the growth of the organization just like a seed giving
rise to a huge tree bearing fruits and vegetables. The employees promote the growth of an organization to
produce useful products beneficial to mankind and the country. Employee satisfaction is defined as “a function
of perceived performance and expectations”. The reasons such as high stress, lack of communication within the
company, recognition, good working conditions or limited growth opportunities force the employees to resign.
My study is focussed on determining the effect of some of the above stated reasons on the employees in order to
achieve maximum career success. To assess the degree of Employee Satisfaction, Questionnaires were
administered to the employees in the real estate company taking a random of seventy employees for the study
and the research methodology to be used for analysis of the study was descriptive and inferential statistics. The
validity of the questionnaire was tested, using the Cronbach Reliability Calculator software. Further, the
influences of demographics such as gender, age, educational qualification, designation and years of experience on their opinions were examined by Chi-Square Test and the effect of the Constructs on Employee Satisfaction were determined by Regression Analysis.
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1. International Journal of Business and Management Invention
ISSN (Online): 2319 – 8028, ISSN (Print): 2319 – 801X
www.ijbmi.org Volume 2 Issue 8ǁ August 2013ǁ PP.28-33
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Significance of General Well-being of IT Professionals in India
Preethi vijaimadhavan1,
Dr. D. Venkatrama Raju2
1
(Vels University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
2
(Department of Commerce, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
ABSTRACT : General well-being is the extent to which an individual feels good or content with their life as a
whole. The aim of this study was to explore the factors influencing the General well-being of professionals also
to find the significance of general well-being of IT professionals working in IT industry. Questionnaire was
designed to collect data on issues related to well-being of employees. Sample of eight hundred and twenty six
respondents were collected from employees working in IT organizations. The factor analysis was applied to find
the underlying variance among the variables. The collected data were analyzed and it produced 3 factors which
were significant and influencing the General well-being of IT employees they are Physical health, depressive
symptom and work stress. Conclusion of the study is elaborated.
KEYWORDS: General well-being, IT, Physical health, Depressive symptom, work stress
I. INTRODUCTION
Global changes and new managerial challenges require new concepts of health and well-being in
organizational contexts. General well being is the extent to which an individual feels good or content with their
life as a whole. General well-being is conceptualized as influencing and, being influenced by, work. (Simon &
Darren 2012) well-being in general is a person’s overall feeling; good or bad. The whole spectrum of feelings
ranges from positive feelings such as pleased, satisfied, or energetic to negative feelings including sad,
depressed or unsatisfied Newel (2002)(Alla, Simona, 2008) well-being in the workplace does not depend
exclusively on external conditions in terms of the working and organizational environment within which the
individual operates: so, it could be promoted not only from above, through actions by management, but also
from below, influencing individual traits and behaviours. (Simon & Darren 2012) To increase work
effectiveness and performance, it is important to address a number of issues, including increasing motivation
among the employees, making them feel satisfied with their job, and increase their job-related well-being in
general. In such a way it is important to explore the concept of a jobrelated well-being, because this is exactly
that feeling an employee feels while working. (Alla, Simona, 2008) Although, the health and well-being of
workforce has improved due to the disappearance of harsh and hazardous work in the last century, workforce
are again at risk because of the nature of contemporary work especially in IT industries is psychologically
demanding. Therefore, job demands that cause strain can be detrimental to individual health, thus leading to
psychological distress and health complaints (Gunaseelan & Ismail 2008). There is a growing body of
evidence linking health and well-being to key business issues. Dispite this, corporate uptake of work place
health promotion programmes has been slow. The last decade has been increasing interest in the health and
well-being of the workforce (Peter 2005). To achieve the organizational objective and to be successful it is
important that its employees are satisfied with their work, since work occupies an important place in many
people’ s lives, such conditions are likely to affect not only their physical but also a high level of social,
psychological well-being. (Chandranshu 2012).
The growth of IT industry is exceptional in the last two decades and it continues to be one of the fastest
growing sectors in Indian economy. It has become one of the significant industries in terms of the total exports
and national GDP. The ever increasing competition have led IT organizations to pay high to retain its best
talents thus increasing the pressure on its employees performance. Eventually increasing stress in work and
work place to be in the workforce competition. Economic instability around the world has resulted in many
organizations having to lay off workers and also shut down to save their business. This economic strain and
stress have impact on the worker’s well being through job insecurity (Fatimah, Noraishah,, Nasir &
Khairuddin, 2012). Managerial health concepts were highly individualistic and hardly related to the work
environment and the organization. IT industry employs skilled, talented resource who needs to be keenly
nurtured, managed and motivated. It is the employer’s responsibility to care for the general well-being of its
employees.
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II. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of this study are to identify the factors influencing the well-being of an employee and to
identify the inter-correlation between the factors that are derived from the study.
III. RESEARCH METHOD
The response population for this study was employees working in IT industry. A convenient sampling
method was applied for obtaining the data. Questionnaire was prepared based on previous research on well-
being The questionnaire was distributed among professional working in IT Organization. Total of 826 responses
were collected. This study is based on primary data and secondary data. Primary data was collected from 826 IT
professionals. Questionnaire was designed to collect data on issues related to Quality of Work life. Variables in
the questionnaire were selected based on the previous studies. The questionnaire was randomly distributed to
software professionals working in IT organization. A total of 826 employees in IT sector responded to the
survey. A quantitative research design was employed beginning with the literature review to guide the design of
the interview questionnaires. The study focused on IT professional’s Quality of work life. Items was measured
using Linkert’s scale. Empirical research work has been carried out to understand the relationship among the
construct of QWL of IT employees. The data was utilized to obtain descriptive statistics. Exploratory factor
analysis using Principal component analysis with varimax rotation was applied for the analysis.
IV. ANALYSIS AND FINDING
Before the explanatory factor analysis, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin approach was used to determine the
sufficiency of the sample size for the component, while Bartllet’s test of sphericity was used to establish
whether the correlation matrix has meaningful difference with zero or not. (Chandranshu 2012) The variables
used to measure well-being are composed in likert 5 point scale. It ranges from strongly agree to strongly
Disagree. The factor analysis by principal component method is applied on the variable to find the factors
affecting or influencing the General well-being of employees in IT industry.
From the above table it is found that KMO measure of sampling adequacy is .870, Bartlett’s test of
sphericity with approx chi square value 3379.475 are statistically significant at 5% level. This shows that the
sample size of the research is adequate and they form a normal distribution. This leads to the verification of
range of variance for all the 15 variables. he 15 variable exhibit the variances ranging from 0.324 to 0.714. It
shows that the respondent’s opinion variation lies in between 32.4% to 71.4%. Thus it is concluded that the 15
variables can be segmented in to factors influencing General well-being of employees working in IT industry
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the explanatory factor analysis was performed with maximum probability approach and the variables
were interpreted with Varimax rotation approach. The results showed that three factors came out from the ―Well
Being‖ component with special values bigger than 1. The cumulative variance of these 3 factors is 51.412%.
These 3 factors process individual variances that are 23.587%, 15.800%, 12.026% respectively.
The following variables formed the 1st factor:
1. Enough sleep
2. Healthy food habit
3. Enough physical exercise
4. Often skip breakfast/lunch for work
Therefore this factor is named as Physical Health
The 2nd factor was formed by the following variables:
1. Bullied at work
2. Stress affecting social life
3. Lack of energy or headache
4. Feeling rushed at work
5. Difficulties in falling asleep or recurrent awakening at night
Therefore this factor is named as Depressive symptom
The 3rd
factor was formed by the following variables:
1. Stressful work
2. Conflict with colleagues
3. Too many mistakes at work
4. Feeling depressed because of work related problems.
Therefore this factor is named as Work Stress
4.1 Factors of General Well-being
The factors emerging from General well-being also indicate how important it is for an employee and
employer to have a favorable job related response. Due to the competitive work environment employees are
always under pressure of deadlines in completing the task. This leads the employee to ignore the other important
aspects around him or her. They lack in interpersonal communication with peer which results in a poor
relationship with colleagues. In the urge of finishing the job many choose to avoid or postponed the breakfast or
lunch which results in health related problems. Human capital is the most valuable asset and reason for the
success of an organization. An unhealthy and stressful employee is a cost to the organization. Working while
sick is known as presenteeism. Presenteeism cost more to an employer than absenteeism. When an employee
report to work while illness or do not operate to the usual level of productivity due to stress or depressive it
affects both quantity and the quality of the work output. A research conducted on presenteeism in 2006
indicated that, depression costed $35 billion in terms of reduced performance while pain conditions such as
arthritis, headaches and back aches problems cost nearly $ 47 billion. Pain, no matter what the cause, will
always translate into lost time at work.
In a study on well-being by (Johannes, Morten, Olaf, Hendrik, Axel Bo 2006) the authors proposed
four Measures of well-being: self-perceived health, depressive symptoms, quality of life, and number of
reported bodily symptoms. Forgeard, Jayawickreme, Kern, & Seligman (2011) have given 5 constructs to
measure the well being of an employee they are Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and
Accomplishment. Study conducted by Oliver, Felix and Georg 2009 indicated that the physical health is a major
factor that creates work and non-work related issues
4.1.1 Physical Health:
The first category that emerged –Physical health can be seen as a set of health related issues of an
employee due to work pressure. Work health organization defines Health as ―a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease, or infirmity‖ (Elizabeth, Patrick, Tim,
Ioannis 2012) managerial concepts of health and strategies mainly refer to not only physical but also to mental
and spiritual aspects, with a priority on physical health (Mayer, Christian 2011). More than the absence of
illness, injury and disease it also means leading a balanced life, developing one’s potential, making a meaningful
contribution to organization. (Graham S 2004)
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4.1.2 Depressive symptom:
Some employers allow employees to take a nap at work time. One of the reasons for the changing
attitudes towards sleeping at work is the growing recognition of the cost to business of sleep deficiency among
employees. These costs include: increased errors and accidents, increased absenteeism, increased drug use,
increased turnover, higher group insurance premiums, decreased productivity. (Henerietta, Tamas 2010)
Depression is another form of stress that contributes towards the deterioration of health. Employees develop
various symptoms of stress that can harm job performance, health and even threaten the ability to cope with the
environment. (Gunaseelan & Ismail 2008)
4.1.3 Work Stress
Work stress is defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the
requirements of a job do not match the capabilities, resources or needs of the worker. Work stress can increase
risk for heart disease, psychological disorders and other health problems. Early warning sign of work stress
includes disturbed sleep, difficulty in concentration, nervous, long working hours and heavy job responsibilities.
Feeling constant pressure and time constraint are some of the factors of work stress. There are ample evidence
showing that occupational stress has an impact on worker’s mental and well-being. There is significant evidence
that chronic and high levels of occupational stress, left unchecked, are related to well-being of the employees.
(Zafir, Sheikh 2013)
The application of factor analysis derived the predominant sub factors for the General Well-being. The
factors identified are predominant in influence General well-being of IT professionals. The inter correlations
among these factors are shown in the following table. The correlation matrix decides the nature of relationship.
4.2 Parametric relationship among the factors of General Well-Being
Table III
Table III shows the correlation between the three factors that were identified to be significant for the
General well-being of employees. The inter correlation between the factors are elaborately discussed with
literature support. Physical Health is positively and moderately correlated to Depressive symptom (.316,
p=.000) and work stress (.233, p=.000) at 5% level. Depressive symptom is positively correlated to work stress
(.647, p=.000) at 5% level. This implies that the increase in depressive symptoms will have effects on physical
health illness. And also stress at work for an employee eventually leads to depression. From an individual
perspective, stress is related to a wide variety of health related problems, including anxiety, headaches,
depression, influenza, coronary disease, and substance abuse. (Gideon 2006) In the study conducted by
Nicholas (2013) respondents indicated how frequently they experienced minor health problems, sleep problems
affecting job performance, feeling nervous or stressed, unable to control important things in life, feeling unable
to overcome difficulties, and depression.
V. SUGGESTION
Improving the general well-being of people at work is best tackled through a positive approach, with
attention being paid to prevention and health promotion rather than simply responding with provision of help
when problems arise. In training and motivation programs organization should include health activities, session
on handling pressure and team building activities. Improving employee general well-being can increase
productivity, improve absenteeism rates, help retain staff, reduce workplace injuries, improve the morale of the
workplace and create a positive corporate image.
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5.1 General Well Being Initiatives:
Initiatives that can be taken for the well-being of IT professionals are listed below
VI. CONCLUSION
The aim of this study was to explore the factors significant to the well-being of employees working in
IT industry. Interpretation of data produced three factors which influence the well-being Physical health,
depressive symptom and work stress. It is necessary to understand the importance of good sleep to health,
productivity and safety. The consequences of lack of sleep and poor sleep, and to find out what can be done to
improve employees’ sleep problems. An unstrained work environment ensures good health and psychological
conditions which enable the employees to perform job and non-work related functions without inhibitions. Thus,
it leads to an unstressful work environment providing comfortable work life. (Gunaseelan & Ismail 2008). A
healthy lifestyle must be adopted to combat these diseases with a proper balanced diet, physical activity and by
giving due respect to biological clock. To decrease the ailments caused by occupational postures, one should
avoid long sitting hours and should take frequent breaks for stretching or for other works involving physical
movements (Mukesh, Majumdar 2010). Results would be useful for developing training, workplace
counselling, and organizational development activities aimed to support small groups, leaders, and other
strategic players in the construction of the subsystems of wellbeing in the workplace.
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