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The ‘What’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Employee Well-Being: A New Model

verfasst von: Kathryn M. Page, Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2009

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This paper examines the ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of employee well-being. Beginning with the ‘what’ of well-being, the construct of mental health was explored with the aim of building a model of employee well-being. It was proposed that employee well-being consists of three core components: (1) subjective well-being; (2) workplace well-being and (3) psychological well-being. Following this, the ‘why’ of employee well-being was investigated; that is, why employee well-being should be an important matter for organisations. It was argued that employee well-being is an important precursor to organisational well-being, as indicated by its links to employee turnover and performance. The next section was concerned with the ‘how’ of employee well-being; that is, how well-being can be reliably enhanced. Drawing on two models of strengths and a practice model of psychological assessment, it was asserted that strength-based development can reliably enhance employee well-being. A solid framework for understanding and measuring employee well-being is offered in the hope that it will foster a more integrated approach to assessing and optimising employee well-being.

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Titel: The ‘What’, ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Employee Well-Being: A New Model
verfasst von: Kathryn M. Page
Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9270-3

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