scholarly journals Flexibility Of Human Resources In Creating Company's Positive Potential

Equilibrium ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Izabela Bednarska-Wnuk
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Organizational Scholarship ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Positive Potential ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Organizational Scholarship ◽  
Mental Well Being

New concepts are more and more frequently applied in improving human resources management. It is the result of dynamic changes in the environment, as well as the necessity of searching for the ‘golden mean’ of managing a company. One of such means in Positive Organizational Scholarship, originating from positive psychology. Its focal points are human beings and their mental well-being, as well as evoking positive emotions in a workplace. The aim of the article is presenting Positive Organizational Scholarship and describing human resources in terms of flexibility as the primary criterion for creating a company’s positive potential. The author, basing on theoretical arguments concludes that it is the flexibility that allows employees to adjust to the current conditions of their environment.

scholarly journals The Value of Recreational Ecosystem Services in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Muniyandi Balasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
National Park ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Consumer Surplus ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Forest Ecosystem Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Well Being

Forest ecosystem services have played a vital role in human well-being. Particularly, recreational ecosystem services are creating physical and mental well-being for human beings. Therefore, the main objective of the paper is to estimate the economic value of recreational ecosystem services provides by recreational sites such as Nandi Hills and Nagarhole National Park based on the individual travel cost method in Karnataka, India. This study has used a random sampling method for 300 tourist visitors to recreational sites. The present study has also estimated the consumer surplus of the visitors. The results of the study have found that (i) economic value of two creational sites has been estimated at US $323.05 million, (ii) the consumer surplus has been estimated for Nandi Hills at US $7.45 and Nagarhole National Park at US $3.16. The main implication of the study is to design the entry fees for the recreational site and sustainable utilization of recreational ecosystem services for the present and future generations.

scholarly journals The Impact of Human Resource Practices on Organizational Climate and Employee Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Luiz Felipe de Carvalho Macena ◽  
Sérgio Augusto Pereira Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
The Impact

This exploratory study evaluated the relationship between Human Resources (HR) practices, organizational climate, and employee well-being from the lens of the Social Exchange Theory. Therefore, data were analyzed using linear regression and structural equations. The results indicated that there is a positive impact of HR practices on both the organizational climate and employee well-being, as well as the organizational climate on well-being. However, the explanatory power of well-being was low, indicating the need for more customized human resources management. Additionally, HR practices and organizational climate sensitize well-being to a greater extent among women than men, suggesting that women may be able to absorb better the benefits of a friendly and contributory work environment. The study contributes to knowledge in people management oriented towards the well-being of employees.

scholarly journals Optimizing Urban Forest Landscape for Better Perceptions of Positive Emotions

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1691
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Zhi Yang ◽  
Zhuo Chen ◽  
Mengyuan Guo ◽  
Peng Guo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Mental Well Being

Interacting with urban spaces that are green and blue is believed to promote mental well-being and positive emotions. Therefore, there is an incentive to strategically design urban forest landscapes in a given space to evoke more positive emotion. In this study, we conducted a pilot study in Northeast China with 24 parks from 11 cities across 3 provinces. The subjects of the study are the visitors and a total of 1145 photos and selfies were collected from open micro-twitters in Sino Weibo (~50 individuals per park). Facial expressions of happy and sad emotions were recognized and rated as percent scores by FireFACE v1.0. Demographically, male adolescents smiled more than male visitors in other age groups and female teens. Females expressed more positive emotions than males according to their positive response index (PRI; happy-sad). Multivariate linear regression indicated positive contribution of green space to happy scores (estimate of 0.0040) and a stronger negative contribution of blue area to sad scores (estimate of −0.1392). Therefore, an urban forest landscape can be optimized by mapping green- and blue-spaces to predict spatial distributions of positive emotions. Male teens are recommended more as frequent visitors than people in other age ranges.

scholarly journals The Spirituality and Religiosity of Transgender Persons and Mental Well-being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Szymon Niemiec
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Trans Men ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
Strong Relation ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Personality Construct

The purpose of the study was to analyze the role of spirituality and religiosity for the well-being of transgender people in Poland. Spirituality understood as a personality construct referring to the natural human’s pursuit of transcendence was included in the study as a component of three indicators: religious spirituality, ethical sensitivity, and harmony, where religiosity was defined as interest in religious issues, beliefs, prayer, experience, and worship. It was assumed in the study that happiness, as one of the explanations of human well-being, is related to positive emotions, optimal experiences, and the meaning of life. The study involved 141 transgender persons (90 trans-men and 51 trans-women) aged 14 to 57. The results indicate a strong relation between spirituality, and weak relationship between religiosity and felt happiness. At the same time, it was not found that spirituality influenced the level of happiness depending on the level of religiosity and differences in spirituality due to religion.

Extending Relationship Marketing to Human Resources Management Using the CaRM Approach to Personnel Recruitment

2011 ◽  
pp. 2112-2119
Author(s):  
Tobias Keim ◽  
Kerstin Fritsch
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Personnel Recruitment ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Since the early 1990s, relationship-oriented approaches to product and services marketing have gained increasing interest by research and practice. While the overall approach of managing customer interactions has been inherent to the ways of doing business ever since, the recent change from transaction-oriented to relationship-oriented marketing is typically considered as a major paradigm shift (Grönroos, 2004). The current boom of customer relationship management concepts and solutions is only one indicator of this development. However, while relationship marketing has been discussed in various contexts such as business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing, little attention so far has been paid to the question of what such an approach could add to the human resources field. This is astonishing as labor markets due to demographic effects and other changes in labor offer and demand tend to get increasingly narrow. Thus, traditional approaches to personnel marketing might no longer be sufficient and new concepts for the successful recruitment of qualified staff might be needed. Therefore, our research question is: How can we transfer the concepts of relationship marketing to personnel recruitment and what are potential benefits of such an approach? In order to answer this question, we present an approach for the ISsupported management of employer-candidate relationships. We outline two major dimensions of the approach together with selected validation results. The objective is to enhance human resources information systems (HRIS) research and to present an approach that could potentially assist employers in better facing mid-term shortages of qualified staff on a drastically changing labor market.

Learning from lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Walker
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Mental Well Being

Purpose This paper aims to assess the varied and valuable well-being lessons learnt throughout the pandemic, from people and businesses alike and how they can be taken forward. To support its argument, Westfield Health uses research that demonstrates a link between health and happiness and the quality of an individual’s contributions to a business. The paper will also show how employee expectations have changed, and companies that acknowledge those changes and continue to keep in mind the valuable learnings from last year will be best placed to survive and recover. Design/methodology/approach Westfield Health undertook a 1,500 person study into the physical and mental well-being of the country, with a focus on our changing experiences, attitudes and expectations of working through a pandemic for Westfield Health’s Divided Together report. A further study surveyed 400 human resources (HR) leaders, to investigate policy changes, well-being spend and successful improvements to workplace well-being. Findings The study shows that learnings around implementing, measuring and investing in workplace well-being must continue throughout 2021 to provide businesses and their teams with the best chance of success in the new year. Originality/value This paper uses data from a variety of reliable sources that can help HR leaders understand which learnings from 2020 are here to stay and how to improve their well-being offering.

Positive emotions boost employee engagement

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Hazelton
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Positive Memories ◽  
Mental Well Being

Purpose – Highlights the power of positive emotions in helping to build individual and organizational success. Design/methodology/approach – Explores the meaning of positive emotions, how they can be promoted at individual and organizational level and the benefits they can bring to the individual and organization. Findings – Advances the view that positive emotions can benefit physical health, mental well-being and the ability to flourish, creativity, resilience, the mood of others, positive memories and relationships. Practical implications – Argues that the positive emotions of the workforce can improve the organizational culture and improve organizational performance. Social implications – Demonstrates that around three positive emotions are needed to balance out each negative emotion and shows that positive emotions can be stimulated through having new experiences and through acts of kindness and gratitude. Originality/value – Extends psychological thinking on positive emotions to the workforce and workplace.

A “hotel within a hotel” in Bangkok

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Alan Lewis ◽  
Ewa Maria Mottier
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Luxury Hotel

Subject area Human resources management, international human resources management. Study level/applicability The case is suitable for undergraduate or graduate/training programmes specialised in international dimensions of HRM. Case overview The study aims to evaluate the experiences of hotel employees at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok's new employee centre. This centre, called the “O-Zone”, is an example of the hotel's commitment to the well-being of its staff. On a larger scale, it is an illustration of a method to maintain employee motivation and commitment in the luxury hotel industry. The case is particularly useful to investigate as the hotel has created a unique approach to employee well-being in a large urban setting where employees experience a stressful living environment, including long commutes. This is supported by studies in the literature which reveal that burnout and stress are important factors to consider for hotel employees. Expected learning outcomes The case study allows students to discover the following key learning points: an example of a well-being initiative for employees of a luxury hotel in the Thai context; an investigation of the need for employers in luxury hotels in Thailand to attract and retain talent; and an understanding of the use of incentives at work for employee motivation in the Thai luxury hotel industry. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available; please consult your librarian for access.

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