Employee Wellbeing

Question 1

Define employee wellbeing, Juniper, 2011

Answer 1

The part of an employees overall wellbeing that they perceive to be determined primarily by work and can be influenced by workplace interventions

Question 2

Define wellbeing

Answer 2

when individuals have the psychological, social and physical recources they need to meet a particular challenge

Question 3

How many days of work did an average employee lose due to stress according to HSE, 2015

Answer 3

23 days

Question 4

Define stress, HSE, 2016

Answer 4

The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work

Question 5

According to HSE, 2016 what are the five major causes of stress

Answer 5

poorly managed: 
demands, 
control, 
support, 
relationships, 
work-life balance

Question 6

Explain the structional approaches and give an example

Answer 6

they focus on the specific elements of work and how they interact to result in a negative emotional state. E.G Demand Support Control Model

Question 7

Reference for Demand Support Control Model

Answer 7

Kurasek, 1990

Question 8

Explain transactional approaches and give an example

Answer 8

They focus on the psychological mechanisms involved in the process of stress. E.G Cognitive Appraisal

Question 9

Reference for Cognitive Appraisal

Answer 9

Lazarus, 1984

Question 10

Three outcomes of work-home conflict

Answer 10

Health, work and family

Question 11

Amstad, 2011

Answer 11

health outcomes- burnout, depression, substance abuse

Work outcomes- lower job satisfaction, work performance, organisational commitment, absenteeism

Question 12

Geurts, 2003

Answer 12

Family outcomes- reduced marital and family satisfaction

Question 13

Role Strain theory

Answer 13

Greenhaus, 1985. one role impacts the ability to do another role

Question 14

time based conflict

Answer 14

time demands associated with one role restricts the amount that can be dedicated to another role

Question 15

strain based conflict

Answer 15

stress from one role transfers to other roles

Question 16

behaviour based conflict

Answer 16

behaviour that is effective in one role is inappropriately applied to the other role

Question 17

work-home conflict

Answer 17

inter-role conflict work and home incompatible

Question 18

three ways workplace wellbeing can be improved

Answer 18

dedication, flexible working opportunities, workplace interventions of resilience training and stress interventions such as CBT

Question 19

Define Resilience, Pemberton, 2015

Answer 19

The capacity to remain flexible in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours when faced with a life disruption or extended periods of pressure

Question 20

Transactional approach to stress

Answer 20

Potentiallystressful stimuli may lead to different types of stress reactions in different individuals, depending on their cognitive evaluations of the situation and the resources they have at their disposal to cope with the stressful situation

Question 21

DWP 2006

Answer 21

work is generally good for physical and mental wellbeing,

Question 22

Nijp, 2012

Answer 22

positive link between employee-oriented schedule flexibility and work life balance

Question 23

Allwyn, 2013

Answer 23

telework may improve work-life balance and mitigate work-home conflict

Question 24

Martin, 2012

Answer 24

It could increase social isolation

Question 25

Explain conservation of resources, Hobfoll, 1989

Answer 25

people seek to acquire and maintain resources. Resource loss has a greater impact than resource gain. Energy resources are depleted when job demands are too high

Question 26

Effort recovery model, Meijman, 1998

Answer 26

There needs to be time for the psychobiological systems to return to normal, if unable there will be a spiral of accumulating fatigue

Question 27

Allostatic load theory, McEwa, 2006

Answer 27

Stress response fails to switch off

Question 28

broaden and build theory

Answer 28

broadening our perspectives and actions, we tend to build important and lasting physical, intellectual, psychological and social resources positive thinking undoes negative emotions

Question 29

frederickson

Answer 29

broaden and build theory

Question 30

Day and Randall

Answer 30

psychologically healthy workplaces

Question 31

psychologically healthy workplaces

Answer 31

dedicated to promoting and supporting the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of their employees while simultaneously incorporating solid business practices to remain as an efficient and productive business entity and having a positive impact on their clients and community

Question 32

what is resilience training- robertson

Answer 32

Resilience training can improve personal resilience and is a useful means of developing mental health and subjective wellbeing in employees

Question 33

explain stress interventions- bhui

Answer 33

CBT effective for individual targeted interventions. Organizationally encouraged physical activity reduced absenteeism.

Question 34

explain mindfulness interventions- shapero

Answer 34

Mindfulness-based stress reduction has been associated with decreased perceived stress and increased self-compassion, greater life satisfaction and less job burnout and distress

Question 35

what is cognitive appraisal- lazarus

Answer 35

individuals evaluate a situation, the evaluation causes an emotional response individual to that person