Integrating social well being into assessments of water policy: meeting the challenge for decision makers

Water Policy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey J. Syme ◽  
Natasha B. Porter ◽  
Ute Goeft ◽  
Elizabeth A. Kington
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Catchment Management ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
The Relationship

There is growing concern that sustainable natural resources management is not being achieved because of the lack of integration of social analysis in decision making. Following the economic philosophy of analysis of the value of water at the catchment scale adopted by Hoekstra, Savenije and Chapagain (2001, Integrated Assessment, 2, 199–208), in this paper we discuss the relationship between economic and social factors. It is concluded that a large degree of natural integration between social and economic factors exists, but that there are also some social variables that require separate consideration. The social context of water in catchment management and the range of social variables that need consideration in any adequate analysis are defined. We identify a need for a metric that can include commensurate judgements of social, economic and environmental benefits on a single scale and identifies the challenges that this scale will need to meet. Finally, it is suggested that the simplest way to include social variables in decision making is the employment of psychometric techniques that can measure subjective well being and preferably the relationship between its components. The major obstacle to incorporating such data in decision making will be the need for a cultural change in accepting that subjective measures can play a major role in policy evaluation.

scholarly journals Personality and Intellectual Abilities as Predictors of Intelligent Behaviour

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Cárdenas ◽  
Dale Stout
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Good Decision ◽  
Homogeneous Sample ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between intellectual abilities and personality in predicting intelligent behaviour, operationalized as good decision-making practices. This examination considers certain personal characteristics that are hypothesized to lead to intelligent behaviour, namely personality, emotional intelligence and subjective well-being. The study aims at understanding how such personal characteristics influence decision making. It was hypothesized that the relationship between intellectual abilities and decision making would be mediated or moderated by the personal characteristics mentioned previously. Ninety-seven participants took tests that assessed these factors. The analysis of the data revealed no significant correlation between intellectual abilities and decision making, nor was there a correlation between any of the personality factors and decision making or intelligence. It is suspected that the homogeneous sample did not allow for enough variance to show any correlation. Methodological corrections are suggested for future studies.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Decisional Regret and Well-Being in Patients With and Without Depressive Disorders: Mediating Role of Shared Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Huan Xu ◽  
Ling-ming Zhou ◽  
Dong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Decisional Regret

Background: The objectives of this study were two-fold: (1) to assess the relationship between patients' decisional regret and their well-being and (2) to examine the mediated effect of shared decision-making (SDM) on this relationship.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in five cities in Southern China. Patients were asked to fill out questionnaires assessing their decisional regret, SDM, subjective well-being, and depressive status. Mediation analysis was used to investigate the effect of SDM on the relationship between patients' decisional regret and their subjective well-being.Results: The findings showed significant direct negative effects of decisional regret on subjective well-being and SDM. For non-depressive patients, SDM exerted a significant and indirect effect on reducing the negative influence of decisional regret on subjective well-being.Conclusions: Findings suggest that implementation of SDM can decrease patients' decisional regret and improve their well-being; however, there is a need to examine their depressive status as part of routine healthcare.

The Relationship Between Hearing Loss Self-Management and Hearing Aid Benefit and Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Convery ◽  
Gitte Keidser ◽  
Louise Hickson ◽  
Carly Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Hearing Aid Benefit ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Hearing loss self-management refers to the knowledge and skills people use to manage the effects of hearing loss on all aspects of their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-reported hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Method Thirty-seven adults with hearing loss, all of whom were current users of bilateral hearing aids, participated in this observational study. The participants completed self-report inventories probing their hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Correlation analysis was used to investigate the relationship between individual domains of hearing loss self-management and hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. Results Participants who reported better self-management of the effects of their hearing loss on their emotional well-being and social participation were more likely to report less aided listening difficulty in noisy and reverberant environments and greater satisfaction with the effect of their hearing aids on their self-image. Participants who reported better self-management in the areas of adhering to treatment, participating in shared decision making, accessing services and resources, attending appointments, and monitoring for changes in their hearing and functional status were more likely to report greater satisfaction with the sound quality and performance of their hearing aids. Conclusion Study findings highlight the potential for using information about a patient's hearing loss self-management in different domains as part of clinical decision making and management planning.

Organizational Justice enhances Subjective Well-being

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ms. Anjali Sahai ◽  
Prof. (Dr). Abha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational Justice has the potential to create major impact on organizations and employees alike. These include greater commitment, trust, enhanced job performance, more citizenship behaviors and less number of conflicts. It has been reported that employees seem to have a universal concern for Justice that transcends the self and that many are subject to biases at various point of time in their work life. Sometimes these biases lead to adverse outcomes including decreased level of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a broad category that includes life satisfaction, positive affect, and low negative affect, such as anger, sadness and fear. Thus to study the relationship between Organizational justice and subjective well-being, a sample of 88 employees working in Private Universities of NCR region were examined. For this purpose, the Organizational Justice scales consisting of Measure of Procedural & Interactional Justice and Distributive Justice Index scale by Moorman, Blakely & Niehoff (1998) and Subjective Wellbeing Scales inclusive of the Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS),Scale of Positive and Negative Experience(SPANE) and Flourishing Scale (FS) by Ed Diener (2004)were used. Results indicate significant relationship between the three types of Organizational justice and subjective well-being of employees.

Multi-dimensional Individual Work Performance: Predictors and Mediators

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rostiana Rostiana ◽  
Daniel Lie
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Perceived Organisational Support ◽  
The Relationship

Objective - Individual work performance (IWP) has been researched time and time again in the past few decades. Interestingly enough, existing research on IWP focuses mainly on the area of work production and lacks an in-depth holistic understanding of IWP and other interrelated work behaviours. In this study, IWP is explored in the context of a multidimensional construct that includes the dimensions of task, contextual, and counterproductive behaviours. The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the three variables of work engagement (WE), psychological empowerment (PE), and subjective well-being (SWB) mediate and correlate with the relationship between perceived organisational support (POS) and IWP. Methodology/Technique - 780 employees from 4 organisations in Jakarta were selected to participate in this study. The respondents were tasked with responding to five questionnaires including (1) IWP of Koopmans, (2) POS of Eisenberger, (3) SWB of Diener, (4) WE of Baker and Schaufeli, (5) PE of Spreitzer. The data was analysed using structural equation modelling. Findings - The results show that the proposed structural model aligns with the empirical data [X2 (0, N = 780) = 0, p = 1.000; RMSEA=.000]. This research concludes that the relationship between POS and IWP is best mediated by either WE, PE or SWB. Among the three mediators, WE plays the greatest role in mediating the relationship between POS and IWP. Novelty - These findings expand on previous research on the weak relationship between POS and IWP. Type of Paper - Empirical. Keywords: Individual Work Performance; Perceived Organizational Support; Psychological Empowerment; Subjective Well-being; Work Engagement. JEL Classification: L20, L25, L29.

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