International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
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The quality of working life among employees

https://doi.org/10.22034/IJHCUM.2019.03.06
Volume 4, Issue 3 - Serial Number 15
Summer 2019
Pages 213-222
International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management

Document Type : CASE STUDY

Authors

M. Mamaghaniyeh 1
M. Sadeghi 2
S. Amani 3

1 Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Governmental management - Human Resources Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaii University ,Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Governmental management - Human Resources Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Human resources play a crucial role in the evolution of the organizations, and huge organizational developments caused by unlimited intellectual capacity of human resources. Therefore, of the priorities of any organization is to preserve these valuable resources. In this regard, an appropriate alternative is to improve the quality of work life in organizations. To this aim, the quality of work life was investigated among the staff employed in General Department of Human Resources of Municipality of Tehran (the study population was included of 3 types of employments one official and two contractual employments), during 2017- 2019. The research method is descriptive-survey and the data were collected using the Walton work quality of life questionnaire (1973) and a researcher-made questionnaire on demographic characteristics. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and statistical Tests including frequency, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistical test including one-way T, Pearson correlation and analysis of F variance. The results indicated that the status of quality of work life in the studied area is 3.03 and above mean from the staff point of view. Also, the mean scores of life quality amongst Hadianshahr (one of the tow contractual employments) were lower than official (fixed) staffs and Khadamate Edearie Shahr (one of the two contractual type of employments). In terms of demographic variables, an adverse relationship was observed between quality of work life and age.

Keywords

Employee motivation
Human Resources
Job satisfaction
productivity
Quality of Work Life
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  • Receive Date 13 April 2019
  • Revise Date 20 May 2019
  • Accept Date 14 June 2019

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