Assessing psychological well-being: a holistic investigation of NHS employees.
A substantial body of research has investigated the effects of work on the psychological well-being of employees. However, there has been little assessment of the ways in which workplace factors (such as job demands, working conditions, inter-personal relations and workplace change) interact with personal factors (such as work-life balance, family circumstances, key personality traits or demographic characteristics) to affect psychological health. This article reports findings from a study which aimed to construct and test a comprehensive model of the influences on employee well-being within the UK National Health Service (NHS). The results show that psychological well-being is influenced by a complex array of personal, environmental and work factors. A key finding is that there are clear associations between workplace change and well-being and between work-life (im)balance and well-being. These effects appear to be independent of one another and therefore require separate attention from managers and employers.
Loretto
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W
School of Management and Economics, University of Edinburgh, UK. W.Loretto@ed.ac.uk
Popham
F
F
Platt
S
S
Pavis
S
S
Hardy
G
G
MacLeod
L
L
Gibbs
J
J
D003625:Data Collection; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008603:Mental Health; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009313:National Health Programs; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D006113:United Kingdom; D017132:Workplace