Today's organisations are faced with changes such as increased competition and
technological changes, not to mention the impact of globalisation on South African
organisations. In a sense, the 21" century brought forth a more positive outlook and is
described by some as the century of fortegenic living and wellness. Organisations today are
searching for programmes that support strengths and wellness, as opposed to the historic
employee assistance programmes. Spiritual wellness seems to be the antibiotic for these
negative impacts. The objective of this study was to conceptualise spiritual work wellness
and develop basic, generic guidelines for the implementation of spiritual work wellness
programmes within .the diverse organisational context of South Africa.
A qualitative method was applied as the approach that guided the research. The participants
were recruited by making use of a combined purposive and network sampling. The sample
size (N = 10) was determined by data saturation. Data gathering was done by means of a
semi-structured interview with each of the participants. Where the need arose, the participants
were afforded the opportunity for in-depth discussions and clarification. Data-analysis was
done by means of cognitive mapping, followed by the transcription of data and the combined
technique of content analysis. Data-analysis was also done by an independent co-coder.
From the discussion of the research results and literature control, conclusions were made
regarding spiritual wellness with specific reference to the workplace and to how spiritual
wellness is conceptualised from the literature and also to the contribution of that
conceptualisation towards answering certain essential questions. More conclusions
concerning spiritual work wellness were made through the experts’ perceptions of how
spiritual work wellness relates to the South African work force. Through further discussion of
the results, guidelines were formulated for effective spiritual work wellness programme
implementation within the diverse workforce of South Africa and were reflected in the
recommendations of the research. / Mini-dissertation (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/1661 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Watson, Francois Gerald |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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