Does positivity enhance work performance? Why, when, and what we don't know. Review of Article Introduction: SWB (subjective well-being) has been a burning question for the last few decades. This mainly thought to be a relationship of the positivity and work performance. SWB covers each and every aspect of human life but if needed can be studied in bits or smaller units. These units can have further subunits thus, the SWB ranges from lowest to highest rank of human life. It can measure individuals as well as community responses. The SWB favors the success of those workers who enjoy doing their jobs and love it. SWB shows that the excellence lies beneath hard work and interest. The concept is based on 7 mediators which help …show more content…
He is not distracted as he is focused. Studying 6000 adults for 15 years show that individuals with energy, contentment, and emotional stability are quite healthier than others. The healthy person is more attentive to his work and absenteeism is not something which will affect the persons work. Contentment accounts for less than 4% of variances in absenteeism. Regulation of one's own being is the use the mental and physical abilities in order to get a goal. People which are in jobs which demand creativity, more importantly, require the regulation, thus a person who can make use of his abilities for the well-being of the job is most effective in a position to get a new thing …show more content…
If the worker is at peace with the mind and is getting a handsome pay for his job and hard work, he will concentrate on his work and job more effectively. His devotion toward his job will increase ultimately and he will become more connected to his duties. He will perform more joyously. It's kind of natural phenomenon that when there is no tension about finance a person feels more comfortable and can perform well. Thus it is clear that not only the worker is responsible for the performance but also the environment of the workplace. The job must be a contented thing to do in order to get positive feedback. So in my view, this concept needs elaboration and more research to verify the needs of both employee and employer, for the society to make progress in a positive way under all
Levels and definitions of subjective wellbeing differ from person to person, country to country and from culture to culture. It is extremely hard to pinpoint how many and what demographic factors influence subjective wellbeing across the general population as a whole. Though we cannot, given these differences, confirm how much and to what extent our subjective wellbeing is determined by biological factors, we can deduce that a portion is built due to external, non-genetic
Subjective well-being refers to the well-being as declared by a person. It is based on a person’s answer to either a single question or a group of questions about his/her well-being, it is a measure of a person’s well-being that incorporates all life events, aspirations, achievements, failures, emotions and relations of human beings, as well as their neighboring cultural and moral environment. (Kahneman et al. 1999; Argyle 2002).
and subjective well-being: Big five correlates and demographic variables. Personality and Individual Differences,38(7), 1561-1569. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.015
The ingredients or factors that determine happiness on the job are universal in that all workers need a combina...
Satisfaction, feeling of accomplishment and happiness, which are reached in work-life, affect the daily life of a person. In contrast to this condition, dissatisfaction, failure and unhappiness in the work-life may cause some psychological issues. One of th...
Well-being is slowly being recognized as a subjective concept. While others may view an individual’s situation as less than ideal, that person may still be perfectly satisfied with their situation. Taking this into account, researchers focusing on subjective well-being realize that any circumstance may be interpreted differently, depending upon one’s own goals and current life stage (Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, 2004). Goals and life stages are interwoven in that the current position one stands will have a dramatic effect on current or upcoming goals and aspirations. Happiness has been linked to having purpose and goals in life, along with healthy social relationships, feelings of security, and a lack of major stressors (Diener & Tov, 2012). These factors were found to be among some of the most important in subjective well-being across different countries and are closely aligned with what one may see on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model. The stages in this model may be paralleled with the factors influencing the biopsychosocial model, which incorporates the impact of biology, one’s psychological frame of mind, and the social surroundings. Both Maslow’s hierarchical needs model and the biopsychosocial model act as an easy-to-understand framework for the health psychology field, as demonstrated through the factors most closely associated with happiness.
“It is therefore imperative for a company to understand the attitude of its workers and measure the job satisfaction of its employees, as job satisfaction is essential for productivity” (L. Bradshaw para. Therefore, the individual can still attain high job productivity without having the satisfaction in their field of work. This happens when money is just their motivation, or if they’re trying to receive a promotion. Others try to increase their productivity due to just the satisfaction they obtain from their work.
Well-being is a combination of physical, mental, emotional and social factors. It is seen, as a stable state of being satisfied with one’s self and their life that doesn’t fluctuate due to a single even, person, or feeling (Begley and Begun, 2000). Well-being consists of eight dimensions, emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual (Begley and Begun, 2000). For the purpose of this study we are going to be looking at the emotional and occupational sides of well-being. Emotional state of well being is the ability to recognize, understand and express a full range of emotions and channel our emotions into healthy behaviours that satisfy our personal and social goals (Ryff, 1985). Occupational is achieving personal satisfaction and enrichment in one’s life through work, education, and personal goals and passions (Ryff, 1985).
Good personal care is a part of positive working practice as if a client personal care is not cared for in the right manner then the client will have poor health and well-being, and may be disrespected. It is important for a client to have good personal care as this will prevent them from health issues such as fungus infections e.g. athlete foot, toe nail fungus infections etc. Positive working practice with personal care includes aspects such as appropriate touch which includes being clear to the client about why they are using touch, also they have to take into consideration gender and cultural factors when using touch. Personal preference and emotional state this means asking the client how they would prefer to be helped and allow them as much independence in which the staff thinks it is safe. General hygiene, toileting and safety when looking after someone who has limited mobility or has problem balancing, are also elements of positive practice when implementing personal care to a client .Person...
If part or all of the one’s salary is contingent on how well you actually perform your job, one will go the extra mile. The individual will attack his/her work with vigor and revel in the rewards. And...
...n organisations of lack of job satisfaction and productivity amongst unmotivated employees, and related the problem to the risk of turnover. Conflict, absenteeism and stress were identified as major causes of loss of job satisfaction and productivity, potentially increasing the the loss of staff. The solution proposed was to implement additional training and performance pay. It was argued that training in the workplace improves an employee’s sense of worth and self-esteem, by increasing their skills and thus contribution to work efforts. This raises productivity, and in addition improves job satisfaction. Performance pay was advocated as a means of developing the organisation to support motivated and capable employees. Self-disciplined workers would receive recognition for output, improving job satisfaction; as well as financial incentive, keeping productivity high.
Money is an important factor in the motivation of employees, as profit acts as a
It is important that employees do not fear for their jobs, are stressed of their tasks and their deadlines, etc. Employee happiness should be one of the most important topics for any organizations. If they are happy, they are more likely to focus on their own tasks, work hard, and create a good environment. If they are stressed they are more likely to make mistakes and influence the environment
...s in the corporate world by setting new standards to promote and better satisfy their employees. We chose four leading companies in four different industries. The above analysis definitely reveals that perhaps one of the reasons why these companies are the leaders in their industry is because they are well aware of the importance of the work force. They mention in their mission statements as well that yes in deed customers are important but in order to make the customer happy they first need to motivate and satisfy the employee as well. According to Citibank, the general belief is that a happy worker is a motivated and loyal one. So keeping employees' spirits high is a sure-fire way of maintaining a productive workforce. A productive work force would ultimately lead to a healthy organization which would not only promote the society its working for but also itself.
Management spends a huge amount of time to design incentive systems and schemes to motivate their workers and to ensure they work in their best possible manner. Motivating workers by giving them decent pay helps in winning employees heart to make the work done efficiently, significantly and effectively. The most effective way to motivate people to work productively is through individual incentive compensation (Pfeffer, 1998). An attraction of getting more is a powerful incentive to people for high performance. While most people agree that money plays a major role in motivating people, in organizations there is a widespread belief that money may also have some undesirable effects on morale.