Quality Of Work Life: Implications Of Career Dimensions

Abstract

Literature on QWL is limited and several studies commonly correlates with job satisfaction but no study on QWL has associated with career related factors. This empirical study was done to predict QWL in relation to career-related dimensions. The sample consists of 475 managers from the free trade zones in Malaysia for both the multinational corporations (MNCs) and the small-medium industries (SMIs). The result indicates that three exogenous variables are significant: career satisfaction, career achievement and career balance, with 63% of the variance in QWL.

Leadership styles and quality of work life in SMEs

“…Saraji and Dargahi (2006) study explained QWL as a comprehensive, department wide program designated to improve employee satisfaction, strengthening workplace learning and helping employees had better manage, change and transition by conducting descriptive and analytical study. QWL programs will benefit both employees and management, by mutually solving work related problems, building cooperation, improving work environments, restructuring tasks carefully and fairly managing human resource outcomes and payoffs according to the study of Rose et al (2006). According to Rethinam and Ismail (2007), QWL is a multi-dimensional construct, made up of a number of interrelated factors that need careful consideration to conceptualize and measure.…”

What Affects the Quality of Work Life Most?: Turkey Example

“…Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi / Journal of Sociological Research -2014 / 2 As can be understood from above definitions, the quality of work life is a multidimensional structure. Many studies (Groot and Brink 2000;Igbaria et al 1994;Lewis et al 2001;Sirgy et al 2001;Beh 2006;Rose et al 2006;Judge and Bretz 1994;Rethinam and Ismail 2008) have resulted that the quality of work like differ in line with several variables, and it is influenced by several variables at various levels. In the light of these, this study examines whether the quality of work life differs by the working conditions of employees, the perception about protective nature of organisation and demographics, and it explores which variables influences the quality of work life most.…”

“…The quality of work life is also surrounded by career development practices, which means that career aspect (e.g. career success, career satisfaction and career balance) does have a positive impact on the quality of work life (Beh 2006;Rose et al 2006). Rose et al (2006) considers career as the most important indicator of the quality of work life.…”

“…career success, career satisfaction and career balance) does have a positive impact on the quality of work life (Beh 2006;Rose et al 2006). Rose et al (2006) considers career as the most important indicator of the quality of work life. A study on the quality of work life of academicians (Winter et al 2000) has resulted in a positive correlation between academic titles of the academicians and the quality of work life.…”

“…In all cases, the quality of work life improves as the duration of work increases (Judge and Bretz 1994;Rose et al 2006;Bolhari et al 2011). On the other hand, studies have revealed that the quality of work life of an employee working in the same organisation for a long period of time, and that is why he does not quit working for that organisation (Gürsel et al 2003:151).…”