scholarly journals Influence of Gender and Working Area on Quality of Work Life and Mental Health among Employees

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta N. Lad

The present study is aimed to study the influence of gender and working area of the employees on their quality of work life and mental health. Total 480 employees were selected for the study in which 240 employees were working in Shivaji University, Kolhapur and 240 employees were working in Mumbai University, Mumbai. They were equally distributed on the basis of gender and working area. Quality of work life was measured by ‘Quality of Work Life Scale’ (QWL) which is constructed by Dhar, Dhar and Roy (2011) and mental health was measured by Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI) by Anandkumar and Thakur (1984). Data was analyzed through descriptive statistical technique and Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Result revealed that gender and working area significantly influence on quality of work life of the employees. However, gender also significantly influence on egocentrism and social non-conformity of the employees. Additionally, working area significantly influence on employees alienation. Results were discussed on the basis of above fact and previous literature.

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Deepika Mudiraj

Mental Health is considered to be an important factor influencing individual’s behaviour, activities, happiness and performance. According to Laddell, “Mental Health is the ability to make adequate adjustments to the environment”. Bhatia (1982) considers it as the ability to balance feelings, desires, ambitions and ideals in one’s daily living. The factor which can contribute to Mental Health is the Quality of work life which is defined as set of favourable conditions and environments of a workplace that supports and promotes employee satisfaction by providing them with rewards, job security and growth opportunities. Therefore, a teacher’s mental health is considered to be an important aspect for an effective schooling system in India and hence, the present study aims to study how quality of work life relates to mental health and its impact on the teachers working in Corporate Schools. The sample for the study consists of 80 teachers who are currently working in different corporate schools. The tools used for this study are Mental Health Inventory (MHI) developed by Dr Jagdish and Dr. AK Srivastava and Quality of Work Life Scale by Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dr. Upinder Dhar and Dr. Rishu Roy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Parameswari

Positive mental health is the state of wellbeing wherein the individual is able to relate well with others, carry out his duties effectively and handle stress. It is a state that gives happiness and peace to the individual. When mental health is affected, it affects one’s thinking, behavior, and physical health. Positive mental health in workplace is necessary for a person to carry out his work successfully, and be innovative. It is necessary for an employer to constantly have a check on the mental health of the employees, as wellbeing has a great impact on the turnover of the organization. This article is an attempt to check the association between mental health and quality of work life of government school teachers of Salem city. Positive mental health instrument (Vaingankar, et al., 2011) and Quality of work life scale (Parameswari & Kadhiravan, 2014) were used to collect the data. The collected data were analysed using appropriate statistical tools and the implications of the study is discussed.


Cognicia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Baiq Widya Ayu Ardiyanti ◽  
Nida Hasanati ◽  
Adhyatman Prabowo

Indonesia is entering a demographic surplus era where millennial generation employees occupy most of the existing work opportunities. When the organization pays attention to and fulfills the needs of millennial generation employees, this arguably will prosper the employees so that their quality of work life can be realized. Organizational support provided by leaders who try to prioritize common interests over personal interests or servant leadership is one of the things that creates employees’ welfare because the employees’ needs are met. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of servant leadership on the quality of work life of millennial generation employees. This study used quantitative methods with the sampling technique employed is using total sampling with the number of subjects in this are 96 people at BUMN X in West Nusa Tenggara. The data collection method used the servant leadership scale of 18 items and the quality of work life scale of 34 items. Data analysis used the simple linear regression technique. The results showed that there was a significant positive effect of servant leadership on the quality of work life. Servant leadership has an effect of 48.6% on the quality of work life for millennial generation employees (F = 88.893, p = 0.000, = 0.486).


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 4935-4940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel González-Baltazar ◽  
Gustavo Hidalgo-Santacruz ◽  
Silvia G. León-Cortés ◽  
Mónica I. Contreras-Estrada ◽  
María G. Aldrete-Rodríguez ◽  
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PSIMPHONI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Nadia Tri Hastuti ◽  
Ugung Dwi Ario Wibowo

This research aims to identify the effects of quality of work-life and organizational commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour of permanent nurses. The research method is quantitative with 50 research subjects consisting of permanent nurses. The data were collected using Likert scale, consisting of organizational citizenship behaviour scale, quality of work-life scale, and organizational commitment scale. The scale of organizational citizenship behaviour has the reliability of 0.854, the scale of quality of work-life has the reliability of 0.933, and the scale of organizational commitment has the reliability of 0.901. Multiple linear regression was used as the analysis method. The research result reveals that the variable of quality of work-life significantly affects the variable of organizational citizenship behaviour. Moreover, the variable of organizational commitment also significantly affects the variable of organizational citizenship behaviour. Meanwhile, the variable of quality of work-life and organizational commitment simultaneously have significant effects on the variable of organizational citizenship behaviour.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Larson ◽  
Bethany Apa ◽  
Lindsay Sheehan ◽  
Thomas Cothran ◽  
Kelly O'Neill

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