Workplace flourishing: Measurement, antecedents and outcomes

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Workplace flourishing: Measurement, antecedents and outcomes
 
Creator Redelinghuys, Kleinjan Rothmann, Sebastiaan Botha, Elrie
 
Subject organisational behaviour; personnel management workplace flourishing; person-environment fit; intention to leave; in-role performance; organisational citizenship behaviour
Description Orientation: The continuous growth of employee attrition, especially within the highly skilled talent pool, is becoming increasingly problematic. Therefore, one should continually explore the different factors that impact employee retention and performance. This casts the attention to the person–environment fit and workplace flourishing (WF).Research purpose: This study explored relationships among person–environment fit, WF, intention to leave (ITL), in-role performance and organisational citizenship behaviour.Motivation for the study: Disease-driven research heavily outweighs health promotion research. Therefore, more research is needed regarding positive employee behaviours such as strengths, optimal functioning and flourishing.Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used with 258 secondary school teachers from two Gauteng districts. The Perceived Fit, Flourishing-at-Work, Turnover Intention, In-Role Behaviour and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour scales were administered. Structural equation modelling and mediational analyses were performed.Main findings: Results confirmed WF’s three-factor structure. Person–environment fit positively associated with WF. Workplace flourishing negatively related to ITL, while positively relating to in-role performance and organisational citizenship behaviour. Person–environment fit indirectly affected in-role performance and organisational citizenship behaviour via WF.Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should continually modify their strategic frameworks to maintain a healthy balance between individual and environmental characteristics. This will lay the foundation for a favourable work environment. When such an environment is institutionalised, talent retention and performance should follow.Contribution/value-add: The study results should provide new insight into the relationship between the person–environment fit and WF, as well as the effect it may have on ITL and performance.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-01-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Quantitative
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1549
 
Source SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 45 (2019); 11 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Kleinjan Redelinghuys, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Elrie Botha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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