Quality of work life
Quality of work life (QWL)
1. Definition of quality of work life:
What is QWL?
QWL can be define as “The quality of relationship between employees and the total working environment.”
Quality of work life refers to temp.,humidity, or any environmental factors, work culture, amenities or facilities you have so that you can say the factors that directly affect your work.
Work life balance means is your work life affecting your personal life. For examples, you don’t have time to spent with your family, to eat normally etc.
2. Factors influence to Quality of work life
• Employee attitude
• Working environment
• Job opportunities
• Nature of job
• People related
• Stress level
• Career prospects
• Challenges
• Personal and company development
• Risk and reward
3. Contents of QWL
a. Health is wealth:
Organizations should realize that their true wealth lies in their employees and so providing a healthy work environment for employees should be their primary objective.
b. Personal and career growth opportunities:
An organization should provide employees with opportunities for personal/professional development and growth and to prepare them to accept responsibilities at higher levels.
c. Participative management style and recognition:
Flat organizational structures help organizations facilitate employee participation. Workers feel that they have control over their work processes and they also offer innovative ideas to improve them.
Recognition also helps to motivate employees to perform better. Recognition can be in the form of rewarding employees for jobs well done.
d.Work life balance:
Organizations should provide relaxation time for the employees and offer tips to balance their personal and professional lives.
e. Fair compensation and job security:
Pay should be fixed on the basis of the work done, responsibilities undertaken, individual skills , performance and accomplishments.
Job security is another factor that is of concern to employees. Permanent employment provides security to the employees and improves their QWL.
f.Fun at workplace:
This is growing trend adopted by today’s organizations to make their offices a fun place to work.
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• QWL questionnaire
• Improving the quality of work life
• Quality of work life questionnaire
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