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In this new millennium, the importance of individual’s psychological well-being for the organizational inner functioning should be one of the main topics addressed by every manager. And this is directly related to creating workplaces that are healthy – where people find meaning in what they are doing and are captivated by their daily activities.
The work/life dichotomy appeared, as a notion, during the mid-1800s and it referred to the human being’s need for balance both at personal, and at professional level. In other words, it encompassed strategies to attain a state of equilibrium between lifestyle and career.
The activity of working, a fundamental principle for human life, has suffered signification changes within the 21st century. Heavy physical work, the natural environment, bad weather conditions, have been replaced by mentally demanding, high intensity work, narrow working environments, constant stress, and mentally challenging conditions. These changes in lifestyle have led to a decrease in both physical activity, and physical work and, thereby, reduced energy requirements, causing an imbalance between energy needs and energy supplies.
We are living in times where getting things done faster and faster is the main priority. To this list, we can add meetings with colleagues, more than 20 mails a day marked as urgent, interactions with other departments to complete a project and more and more reports to send to our bosses. These are stressful times, and stress can have a big impact on our lives.
What do the concepts mean?
Definitions for employee satisfaction and employee engagement may differ from organization to organization. HR professionals would generally agree that satisfaction refers to how employees feel – their ‘happiness’ – related to their work environment, organizational culture, career development opportunities and overall compensation.
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