{"title":"The relationship between employee well-being and organisational effectiveness","authors":"Chryssa P. Van der Merwe, Benjamin H. Olivier","doi":"10.4102/sajip.v50i0.2169","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Orientation: The changing demands employees experience because of the turbulent and competitive world of work has increased their workload, necessitating a focus on their well-being to ensure their contribution to the effectiveness of organisations.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee well-being (EWB) and organisational effectiveness (OE) in a South African bond origination company.Motivation for the study: Organisations need to improve their effectiveness to remain competitive and are dependent on the well-being of their employees to achieve this. Understanding the effect of EWB on OE can assist organisations in managing this relationship.Research design/approach and method: A quantitative cross-sectional approach was used in which a convenient sample of 203 employees completed five questionnaires to measure OE and the four underlying contructs of EWB. A correlation analysis was conducted to determine the statistical relationship between the four EWB constructs and OE.Main findings: Results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between job satisfaction, work engagement and OE and a statistically significant negative relationship between Burnout and OE, while no relationship was found between workaholism and OE.Practical/managerial implications: Managers should implement interventions to increase job satisfaction and work engagement and decrease burnout to increase the performance of their organisations.Contributions/value-add: This study provides managers with an understanding of how the performance of their organisations can be improved by managing the well-being of their employees.","PeriodicalId":47235,"journal":{"name":"SA Journal of Industrial Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SA Journal of Industrial Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v50i0.2169","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Orientation: The changing demands employees experience because of the turbulent and competitive world of work has increased their workload, necessitating a focus on their well-being to ensure their contribution to the effectiveness of organisations.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee well-being (EWB) and organisational effectiveness (OE) in a South African bond origination company.Motivation for the study: Organisations need to improve their effectiveness to remain competitive and are dependent on the well-being of their employees to achieve this. Understanding the effect of EWB on OE can assist organisations in managing this relationship.Research design/approach and method: A quantitative cross-sectional approach was used in which a convenient sample of 203 employees completed five questionnaires to measure OE and the four underlying contructs of EWB. A correlation analysis was conducted to determine the statistical relationship between the four EWB constructs and OE.Main findings: Results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between job satisfaction, work engagement and OE and a statistically significant negative relationship between Burnout and OE, while no relationship was found between workaholism and OE.Practical/managerial implications: Managers should implement interventions to increase job satisfaction and work engagement and decrease burnout to increase the performance of their organisations.Contributions/value-add: This study provides managers with an understanding of how the performance of their organisations can be improved by managing the well-being of their employees.