Negative Job Experiences and Employees Job Attitudes and Health in High-Performance Work Organizations

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the effects of work intensification and occupational stress, experienced by employees engaged in High-Performance Work Organizations on their job involvement, job satisfaction, work family balance and psychological well-being. The study helped in understanding the underlying psychological reactions of the employees to the High Performance Work Organizations. The study was conducted on 200 employees of different levels randomly selected from identified High Performance Work Organizations. Psychometrically standardized tool were employed to assess the extent of work intensification, occupational stress, work-family conflict, job involvement, job satisfaction and psychological well-being. Statistical analyses of the data obtained through these tools of measurement revealed that participants who experienced high level of work intensification and occupational stress showed lower level of job involvement, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being, while manifested relatively more symptoms of psychological ill-health, and experienced more work-family conflicts in comparison to the employees who experienced relatively lower degree of work intensification and occupational stress. Work intensification and occupational stress correlated negatively with employees' job-attitudes, and well-being, and positively with psychological symptoms and work family conflicts. The results suggest that in High Performance Work System Organizations, high organizational performance is being achieved on the cost of satisfaction and well-being of the employees in general.