The Role of Psychological Well-being in Positive Human Health

Employment not only means financial stability but it also defines an individual's identity. Well-being refers to a positive measure and global assessment of all aspects of an individual's life whereas Job Satisfaction involves specific beliefs about one's job, behavior intentions and feelings about it. Both the above constructs have an important role in predicting organizational commitment and therefore greater success at work. The objective of the present study was to understand the role of Wellbeing and job satisfaction in predicting an individual's commitment to his/her work in Indian Organization. It was hypothesized that employees would become more committed to their organizations if they are satisfied with their current job and have positive evaluations of themselves. For this, a convenience sample of employees was taken from various organizations and was administered Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (Mowday, Steers & Porter, 1979), Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Hirschfeld, 2000) and Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff, 1989). Pearson's product moment method of correlation coefficient and multiple regression analyses were used to analyze the data. Correlation and regression analyses revealed a number of significant relationships between the above constructs. The research was concluded by briefly foregrounding some of the study's implications and future directions.