La relevancia de los roles vitales para el bienestar de los individuos = The importance of role salience for the individual well-being

Abstract

La relevancia de los roles vitales para el bienestar de los individuos María do Rosario Lima et.al

Role salience and satisfaction in working adults: a contribution to the individuals’ well-being

“…Although there seems to be a few exceptions, namely, relations between the salience of Citizen and Leisure roles and satisfaction with Family, and the salience of the Study and Citizen roles and satisfaction with the roles that, according to theory, are more linkedrespectively, Work Satisfaction and Satisfaction with Leisure activities. These latest results, also inseparable from the specificity of the samples under study, and from the organizational contexts in question, reinforce the possibility of individuals to obtain a higher level of satisfaction and well-being by dedicating their free time (Leisure role) to community services (Citizen role), both roles that tend to have a psychological association with each other (Lima et al, 2014).…”

“…Based on the results obtained, it is thus possible to affirm the tendency revealed in the study on counselling and career management about role salience with a sample of adult workers (Lima et al, 2014) in which individuals give increasingly more importance to the roles other than those in which they generally tend to spend more of their time and energy with: Worker and Family. Given the diversity of samples covered in this study, the importance of the results is not inseparable from their specificity and, consequently, from the organizational contexts in which the individuals are inserted.…”

“…Considering the importance equally attached to other activities, translated in the present study by the Leisure role and the satisfaction level obtained with the Leisure activities, another highlight is for the implementation of other types of practices. As leisure activities are increasingly important in individuals' lives (Lima et al, 2014), flexible benefit programs allowing for a better balance between Work and Leisure roles can make an important contribution to the work life quality and to the workers' well-being. Thus, it suggests the creation and implementation of practices and policies that provide employees with the necessary support to manage the performance in multiple life roles, so that is the performance of Human Resources the major contribution to the development of their own organization.…”

“…The importance given to this role by the individual, as well as the satisfaction obtained with the diversity of activities that this context provides, has been increasing over time. This may be the result, among other things, of the decrease in working weeks, the availability of leisure resources, and the increase in longevity, wages, and healthrelated awareness, which leads individuals to seek activities that provide a healthier and a wellbeing focused routine (Lima et al, 2014). The leisure role represents the time the individual dedicates to himself/ herself, through the performance of activities that provide the development of other skills or competences and other areas of interest, as well as pleasure, satisfaction, and wellbeing, which are not related to professional, familiar, and social obligations (Dumazedier, 2000).…”

“…To better overcome the experience of conflict situations, it is important for individuals to be able to find and set priorities in which they perceive that work and non-work roles are balanceable, and to stimulate their growth according to the priorities imposed in their own lives, while experiencing work-life-balance (Kalliath & Brough, 2008). This positive work-life balance can result in satisfaction and well-being for the individuals (Lima et al, 2014).…”