The Pursuit of Organizational Well-Being-an Exploratory Study in a Public Research Agency

Colì, Elisa; Rissotto, Antonella

doi:10.7763/ijssh.2013.v3.224

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“…In particular, we explored and compared points of view of CNR administrative staff and researchers, taking into account the key areas of organizational well-being in this Agency as identified in a previous study (Colì and Rissotto, 2013).…”

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“…Adhesions to this project were, above all, by local authorities, health services and schools, whereas only 4.56% were by universities and 1.30% were by research agencies. Other organizations, above all research agencies such as the Italian National Research Council (CNR), decided to involve their employees in the definition of areas and dimensions of organizational well-being and developed original assessment tools able to take into account the multidimensionality of the construct and the specificity of the context (Colì and Rissotto, 2013). One of the problems that need to be faced when dealing with complex organizations is related to the coexistence of different categories of workers for which organizational well-being could have different meaning.…”

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Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

Colì¹,

Rissotto²

2015

Journal of Social Sciences

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to investigate organizational wellbeing in a Public Research Agency, exploring the point of view of two different categories of workers, administrative staff and researchers, employed in the same organization. We hypothesized that, in a complex organization, the kind of work performed, along with other factors, could influence the representation of organizational well-being. The study involved 37 administrative staff and 24 researchers of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), the largest Public Research Agency in Italy. According to different key areas of organizational well-being in CNR, seven focus groups were carried out and collected data was analyzed using the qualitative data analysis software NVivo9. Results of this study seem to confirm the authors' hypothesis. In effect, even though the framework of organizational well-being is the same for the two categories of employees considered, there are differences in meaning and in importance given by stakeholders to each dimension of the construct. As a whole, the specificity of the points of view might be explained by considering not only the different working conditions and the different kind of work performed, but also the different cultural values of the Research Institutes and of the Central Administration. These aspects should be taken into account in the predisposition of tools for evaluation of organizational well-being, above all in complex organizations, in order to have at the organization's disposal research tools able to be representative of the entire population. A set of recommendations for improving organizational well-being in complex organizations are provided.

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Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

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Rissotto²

2015

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Internal Validation of Organizational Well-Being Measurement Tools in the Context of Higher Education Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Sukmarani

2024

bull. couns. psy.

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Organizational welfare is a topic that is currently being researched and developed due to its impact on individuals and organizations in efforts to improve performance. This study aims to test the psychometric construct of the Organizational Welfare measurement tool in the context of higher education, developed by researchers based on the theory of Prilleltensky & Prilleltensky (2006). The sample consists of 432 participants, comprising lecturers and employees of private universities in Jakarta (50% lecturers and 50% employees). The Organizational Welfare measurement tool consists of 64 items that measure three dimensions: Effective Environment, Reflective Environment, and Affective Environment. Data analysis was conducted using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Lisrel 8.8 software, and internal consistency was tested using Cronbach's alpha. The results showed that the three dimensions of the Organizational Welfare measurement tool had a fit model (meeting the model suitability criteria as per Hu & Bentler, 1999) and Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from 0.88 to 0.92. In total, 63 items were found to be valid, while 1 item was invalid due to having a t-value of less than 1.96.

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The Pursuit of Organizational Well-Being-an Exploratory Study in a Public Research Agency

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Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

Organizational Well-Being in a Public Research Agency: The Point of View of Administrative Staff and Researchers

Internal Validation of Organizational Well-Being Measurement Tools in the Context of Higher Education Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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