Abstract
Well-being is becoming an important consideration in developing sustainable competitive edge for better worker performance and fulfilment. While the previous studies on well-being have mainly explored workers in different industries, factors impacting on psychological well-being of health care workers have yet to be fully determined. This study aims to explore the trendsetting within the context of psychological well-being. Owing to the nature of public and private health care providers, health care workers working in different settings are expected to demonstrate different factors relating to well-being. This scoping review aims to determine what is known about the psychological well-being of health care workers, specifically to answer the questions: What factors impacting on psychological well-being have been reported among health care workers? The purpose of this review was to classify existing literatures on the specific topic and proposed integrated view of work-related and psychosocial related factors impacting on psychological well-being of health care workers. Three databases, namely Science Direct, Emerald and Proquest were accessed to search for relevant studies.
Highlights
The well-being is becoming an important consideration in developing sustainable competitive edge for better worker performance and fulfillment (Demo and Paschoal, 2013)
This review aims to determine what is known about the psychological well-being of health care workers in public and private health care providers, in answering the question: What factors impacting on psychological wellbeing have been reported among health care workers? The purpose of the review was to identify existing literatures on the specific topic and classify work-related and psychosocial factors relating to well-being for future recommendation in the field of psychological well-being of health care workers
Through the analysis of previous literatures presented, this paper contributes to general theme of well-being and to health care sector by providing an updated literature reviews relating to factors impacting on psychological well-being of health care workers
Summary
The well-being is becoming an important consideration in developing sustainable competitive edge for better worker performance and fulfillment (Demo and Paschoal, 2013). The importance of workers’ well-being lies in both its relationship to performance and because it is a crucial component of healthy organizations (Pawar, 2016). As reported in Legatum Prosperity Index in 2016, it stated the important link between psychological well-being and performance rating and the findings suggest that organizations can improve the overall effectiveness by increasing workers’ well-being. The concept of psychological well-being is comprise of both positive and negative dimension including mental health, psychological distress and psychiatric disorders (Headey,Kelley and Wearing; 1993). Worker well-being represents a critical issue in every work environment, its importance is significantly higher in the field of medicine, as medicine involved with decision regarding public health (De Simone, 2015). There has been growing interest previously in the wellbeing of workers in demanding occupations such as in health care sector and emergency vocations, where workers experiencing higher risks of poor mental and physical health (Bennett et al, 2004; Ramirez et al, 1996), result in chronic and acute stressors (Payne and Firth-Cozens, 1987; Rees and Cooper, 1992)
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