is as important as satisfying their economic needs to help motivate them. It incorporates several perspectives which are not only work-based factors such as job and career satisfaction, satisfaction with pay and relationships with work colleagues, absence of stress at work, and opportunities for participative decision making, balance between work / career and home and general feelings of well-being. All human beings like to survive and thrive in an environment that encourages and motivates them to do all the good work that they are capable of. Therefore, it is crucial to have a culture of creating happy and healthy work environments, not only in the physical and social sense but also in the deeper psychological / mental and emotional aspects.
A healthy work environment is a positive work environment. Such an environment can be created by focusing on: Paying adequate attention to the individual employee’s needs and expectations in addition to organisational needs Building a positive work climate Motivating individuals Being fair and treating people equally Ensuring and facilitating technical competence Providing an attractive and safe work environment Making the job interesting and challenging Matching the person to the task Delegating wherever necessary Fostering team spirit and team responsibility Developing employees through training, building confidence, feedback, encouragement and praise, support, positive reinforcement and involvement Empowering employees, giving them authority wherever appropriate Sustained opportunities for self-development All of this can help the employer to boost the morale of those involved in the organisation/ work place. In short, any wise employer / manager recognises that people are assets and are the ultimate valuable resource. Hence creating an environment where employees feel a sense of loyalty to the organisation and organisational development is as important as self development.
It is important not only to focus on the pay package but also to look at the entire life holistically. It is not how much you make that matters. What is important is whether or not you are able to live your life in a happy way. Look at your life as a whole.
Think about your free time, your family, your friends, etc.