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Scitus Academics LLC Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being by Parris Stern
We spend a third of our lives at work, so it is crucial to our health and
wellbeing that this is a positive experience. Staff well-being is an
increasingly relevant and necessary consideration in the modern
workplace. Well-being at its simplest level is perhaps ultimately about
personal happiness - feeling good and living safely and healthily. This
means not allowing work to undermine our basic purposes and needs in our
lives, and by extension those of our families and loved ones. In this respect
well-being is a hugely significant aspect of work and careers. Many facets of
work do not necessarily impact on our core life needs. This cannot be said
for well-being and stress, whose implications run very deeply indeed -
mind, body and soul. Well-being is strongly connected with work-related
stress, and also with associated terms such as stress management, stress
reduction, stress avoidance, etc. Organizational psychology research also
shows that creating a positive working environment can have business
benefits as well. The evidence that affective well-being is a causal influence
on performance is stronger than the evidence for job characteristics.
Despite weak correlations with job satisfaction, assessments of more
affective components have been related to performance ratings in several
studies. There is a body of longitudinal evidence, and some studies have
found that well-being predicts future performance, after controlling for
initial performance.
Research Handbook on Work and Well-Being is devoted to understanding
the biopsychosocial and behavioral factors leading to enhanced
well-being, optimal emotional processing and the prevention of
psychological dysfunction. Chapters examining the mechanisms
underlying the relationships between lifestyle factors, positive psychology
interventions, emotion processes and well-being are sought. Evidence is
reviewed on work performance as a consequence of both psychological
well-being and work stressors. There is evidence that some forms of
psychological well-being are related to subsequent in-role performance,
although the evidence for a causal influence of work stressors on job
performance is much weaker. There is also evidence for relationships
between some job stressors or well-being and organizational citizenship
behaviors.