The general aim of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists
between employee wellness (specifically sense of coherence, burnout, sources of
job stress and work engagement) and career anchors, and to determine whether
gender, race, employment and age groups differed in terms of the employee
wellness and career anchors variables. The study was conducted among a random
sample of 90 employees in a typical South African work context.
The data was collected by means of the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (OLQ),
Maslach’s Burnout Inventory (MBI), Sources of Job Stress, the Utrecht Work
Engagement Scale (UWES) and the Career Orientations Inventory (COI).
Supporting evidence indicates significant associations between employee wellness
and the career anchors variables. The results also showed significant differences
between the career anchors of males, females, blacks, whites, permanent staff,
contract staff and age groups. The findings contribute valuable new knowledge to
the wellness and career literature and organisational practices related to employee
wellness and career decision making. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/2622 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | De Villiers, Mathilde |
| Contributors | Coetzee, M. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xv, 239 leaves) |
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