Investigation of Outcomes of Quality of Working Life for Employees: a Survey in Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.

Abstract

Since human resources imply assets of any organization and realization of organizational goals relies on favorable human resources, thus attention to employees' mental and physical needs is required. Quality of working life for employees as an approach of human resources causes balance in personal and job life, increase of job satisfaction, decrease of job burnout, increase of organizational commitment, and improvement of employees' performance. The present study investigates quality of working life for employees and its effect on job satisfaction, job burnout, organizational commitment and performance of employees in Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran. This study aims to investigate effect of quality of working life for employees on job satisfaction, job burnout, organizational commitment and performance of employees. The present study in terms of aim is an applied research, and a descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The sample group consists of 165 individuals among faculty members, managers and employees at different departments in Persian Gulf University, Boushehr, Iran. The questionnaire has been used as data collection instrument. To analyze data, structural equation modeling has been used. The research findings indicate that quality of working life for employees has a positive effect on job satisfaction, organizational commitment and performance of employees. Further, a negative effect of quality of working life for employees on job burnout was not confirmed.