Organizational Happiness Research Articles

Factors contributing to organizational happiness: content, exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis

Factors contributing to organizational happiness: content, exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis

Organizational Happiness Dimensions as a Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals: A Prospective Study in Higher Education Institutions in Chile, Colombia and Spain

The aim of this study is to reveal the perception of current and future organizational happiness in the context of higher education institutions (HEIs) in a cross-national study, to reveal exploratory scenarios supporting the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Six dimensions of organizational happiness were considered for this study: Meaning, reliable relationships, positive emotions, engagement, achievement and recognition, and personal and professional development. To do so, Delphi methodology was used. An online survey was addressed to academics and support staff from three HEIs in different countries (Chile, Colombia and Spain), whose answers were analyzed using the Approximation of Qualitative Profiles mathematical technique. The results of this analysis show that there is a favorable prospective for happy workplaces, in all the dimensions for all countries. The implications of this research will serve HEIs’ human management practitioners to formulate effective policies for sustainable workplaces based on organizational happiness.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HAPPINESS

The aim of this study is to reveal relationship between learning school and school happiness according to views of teachers who study at state schools. It is a kind of predictive study which is designed with the correlational (relational) scanning model that is one of the quantitative research methods. Teachers who study at state schools in Ercis in Van during 2017-2018 academic year create population of research and 371 teachers who are chosen from this population with simple and random sampling method create sample of the research. Research data was collected with Learning School Perception Scale taken from Guclu and Turkoglu (2003), and Organizational Happiness Scale taken from Paschoal and Tamayo (2008) and adapted to Turkish by Arslan and Polat (2007). Arithmetic average, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to analyze data. At the result of the research, it was concluded that the quality of being learning school is at 'medium' level and school happiness is at a 'good' level, there is a positive and meaningful relationship at medium level between school happiness and school and the vision, shared by sub-dimensions of learning school, mental models and team learning are meaningful predictors for school happiness of teachers. Article visualizations:

The Examination of Teachers’ Levels of Organizational Happiness

This study aims to investigate the levels of organizational happiness of teachers working in primary, secondary, and high schools and to determine whether there is a significant difference in terms of some demographic characteristics. The screening model was employed in the study. The study population consists of teachers working in the Küçükçekmece, Bağcılar, Avcılar, and Esenyurt districts during the 2017-2018 academic year. The sample of the study comprises 297 teachers working in the Küçükçekmece, Bağcılar, Avcılar, and Esenyurt districts and selected via the convenience/incidental sampling method. In the study, the “Personal Information Form” created by the researchers and the “School Happiness Scale” developed by Bulut (2015) were used as data collection tools. The SPSS packaged software was used in the data analysis. According to the results of the data analysis, teachers’ general happiness perceptions and organizational happiness perceptions were observed to be high according to the subdimensions of management processes, attitudes towards the teaching profession, communication, commitment and economic provision of the School Happiness Scale. Teachers’ perceptions of organizational happiness differed significantly according to the level of education taught by teachers in the subdimensions of management processes and economic provision of the School Happiness Scale. Teachers’ perceptions of organizational happiness differed significantly according to professional seniority in the management processes subdimension of the School Happiness Scale. Teachers’ perceptions of organizational happiness differed significantly in the subdimensions of management processes, attitudes towards the teaching profession, commitment, and economic provision of the School Happiness Scale and according to the branch variable in the overall total. Teachers’ perceptions of organizational happiness did not differ significantly according to the variables of gender, educational status, age, and seniority in the school where they worked.

The Modeling for Improving Organizational Happiness and Environmental Performance of University, using Green Management Implementation

purpouseThe aim of this study was to improve the organizational vitality and environmental performance of the university by implementing green management in the administrative, educational and research units of the free universities of Mazandaran province in the academic year of 2019-20.MethodologyMethod in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection among descriptive research was correlational and in terms of method was mixed exploratory research. The statistical population consisted of 21 experts, specialists, experts in the fields of educational management and psychology, which was done using purposive sampling method and using the principle of maximum diversity to achieve theoretical saturation using semi-structured interviews. For validity and validity of the data, two methods of reviewing participants and reviewing non-participating experts in the research were used. The statistical population in the quantitative part included all faculty members, senior, middle and operational managers and officials of administrative, educational and research units of free universities in Mazandaran province in 1950. In the quantitative part, 321 people were selected as a statistical sample by relative random sampling method based on Cochranchr('39')s formula.FindingsData in the qualitative part were extracted through the implementation of Delphi technique with a semi-structured questionnaire and in the quantitative part through the implementation of researcher-made questionnaires of green management, organizational vitality and environmental performance on the statistical sample. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed in terms of content and structure. Reliability was estimated and confirmed by Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient with 87%. Used.ResultsExploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed that green management (six dimensions) has an effect on organizational vitality (seven dimensions) and environmental performance (seven dimensions) and organizational vitality has an effect on environmental performance. Also, organizational vitality played a mediating role in the impact of green management on environmental performance.DiscussionThe development of economy, industry and green innovation requires culture building and efforts of every committed and responsible citizen of the country and as a matter of governance, all elements of the system must adhere to it.

Decent work and healthy employment: a qualitative case study about Colombian millennials

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to show how a group of Colombian millennials perceive different aspects of working life and how their ideas about job satisfaction, professional expectations and levels of autonomy are related to contemporary demands about inclusion, diversity, equity, autonomy and control.Design/methodology/approachWith this objective, 167 semi-structured interviews were conducted with millennials who work at 10 Colombian companies from the manufacturing and service sectors, located in the five main cities of the country. With a qualitative approach, in the interviews, the research team used a strategy inspired by the technique of generating visual structures associated with grounded theory.FindingsIt is concluded that new generations of Colombian workers know of the importance of rewards and autonomy in work and are more critical and less passive in the face of unhealthy working conditions. At the same time, their conduct and speeches are the consequence of the characteristics of the Colombian labour market. The document responds to the need to deepen the debates on welfare and happiness in organizations and to include the demands of millennials in the reflective and political horizon of the ideas of healthy employment and decent work. In practice, this article seeks to demystify ideas about millennials in Colombia and critically contribute to reflection on intergenerational relations in organizations and salary and welfare models. As a Latin American case, it is an original contribution that avoids the common places and the frivolity with which the insertion of the new generations into the working world has been analysed.Practical implicationsIn practice, this paper seeks to demystify ideas about millennials in Colombia and critically contribute to reflection on intergenerational relations in organizations and salary and welfare models.Originality/valueAs a Latin American case, it is an original contribution that avoids the common places and the frivolity with which the insertion of the new generations into the working world has been analysed.

Female Engineers’ Happiness and Productivity in Organizations with Paternalistic Culture

AbstractPast research adopted the universalist assumption of the gendered organization lens and revealed the career challenges of female engineers with few practical implications. Because such assu...

The role of marketing intelligence system in achieving customer happiness

The objective of this study is to measure the nature of the relationship between research variables including the dimensions of marketing intelligent system and customer size. The study investigates whether marketing intelligent system plays the role in obtaining customer happiness in business organizations. The study tried to measure the relationship between marketing intelligence system and its dimension against customer happiness in the given organizations. It also aims to identify the impacts of moral factor of marketing intelligent system and its dimensions on customer happiness. To test given hypotheses, the study used a number of statistical analysis methods such as repetitions, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression coefficient. The findings indicated that there is a strong positive relationship between marketing intelligence and customer happiness. The study also identified a strong positive correlation between moral factors of marketing intelligence and customer happiness. The study concluded that organizations should take full consideration to the factors that delights customers. Finally, the study recommends that organizations should work through employees to cultivate a culture of customer happiness.
 Keywords - Marketing Intelligence, Marketing Intelligence Dimensions, Customer Happiness, Five Star Hotels, Sulaymaniyah City

The role of marketing intelligence system in achieving customer happiness

The objective of this study is to measure the nature of the relationship between research variables including the dimensions of marketing intelligent system and customer size. The study investigates whether marketing intelligent system plays the role in obtaining customer happiness in business organizations. The study tried to measure the relationship between marketing intelligence system and its dimension against customer happiness in the given organizations. It also aims to identify the impacts of moral factor of marketing intelligent system and its dimensions on customer happiness. To test given hypotheses, the study used a number of statistical analysis methods such as repetitions, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression coefficient. The findings indicated that there is a strong positive relationship between marketing intelligence and customer happiness. The study also identified a strong positive correlation between moral factors of marketing intelligence and customer happiness. The study concluded that organizations should take full consideration to the factors that delights customers. Finally, the study recommends that organizations should work through employees to cultivate a culture of customer happiness.
 Keywords - Marketing Intelligence, Marketing Intelligence Dimensions, Customer Happiness, Five Star Hotels, Sulaymaniyah City

Erratum: Algan, E.K.; Ummanel, A. Toward Sustainable Schools: A Mixed Methods Approach to Investigating Distributed Leadership, Organizational Happiness, and Quality of Work Life in Preschools. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5489

The authors would like to make the following corrections in the published paper [...]

The Degree of Availability of Soft Leadership skills Among government School Female Administrator in Khan Yunis and Their Relationship to the Level of Organizational Happiness in Their Schools

This research aimed at identifying the degree of availability of soft leadership skills among government school female administrator in Khan YounisGovernorate and its relation to their level of organizational happiness in their schools from the point of view of female teachers, by using the descriptive/ correlation approach and referring to previous literature review, a questionnaire was designed consisted of (85) items distributed on (13) axes: Collaboration and Teamwork skill, Communication Skill, Initiative Skill, Leadership Ability, People Development/Coaching Skill, Personal Mastery, Planning and Organizing Skills, Presentation Skills, Management processes, Professional attitude, Communication in the workplace. Dedication. Economic condition, and after verifying its validity and reliability, the questionnaire has been applied to a stratified random sample of (260) female teachers.The study found that the degree of availability of soft leadership skills was very high and the level of organizational happiness was high, it also found a positive correlation relationship to the degree of availability of soft leadership skills among government school female administrator and the level of organizational happiness in their schools.

Decent Work and Healthy Employment: A Qualitative Case Study About Colombian Millennials

The purpose of this paper is to show how a group of Colombian millennials perceive different aspects of working life and how their ideas about job satisfaction, professional expectations, and levels of autonomy are related to contemporary demands about inclusion, diversity, equity, autonomy, and control. With this objective, 167 semi-structured interviews were conducted with millennials who work at 10 Colombian companies from the manufacturing and service sectors, located in the 5 main cities of the country. With a qualitative approach in the interviews, the research team used a strategy inspired by the technique of generating visual structures associated with grounded theory. It is concluded that new generations of Colombian workers know of the importance of rewards and autonomy in work and are more critical and less passive in the face of unhealthy working conditions. At the same time, their conduct and speeches are the consequence of the characteristics of the Colombian labour market. The document responds to the need to deepen the debates on welfare and happiness in organizations and to include the demands of millennials in the reflective and political horizon of the ideas of healthy employment and decent work. In practice, this article seeks to demystify ideas about millennials in Colombia and critically contribute to reflection on intergenerational relations in organizations and salary and welfare models. As a Latin American case, it is an original contribution that avoids the common places and the frivolity with which the insertion of the new generations into the working world has been analysed.

Managerial Style in Educational Institutions and Organizational Happiness

Managerial Style in Educational Institutions and Organizational Happiness

The job design happiness scale (JDHS)

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that individuals consider necessary to be happy in their job. Based on these factors, a measure of job design happiness (JDH) is proposed.Design/methodology/approachTwo methods were applied: a qualitative study with content analyses (n=969) to develop an exploratory questionnaire; and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis by applying structural equations models. In this second study the questionnaire was sent to a second sample (n=1,079).FindingsFive first-order factors were identified: self-fulfillment; group working, attaining goals; leadership; and sustainability and job/family balance. These factors are explained by a second order factor: JDH.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research is needed to determine how the identified “job design happiness” components may interact with one another. Testing the measure of different industries and national cultures is also suggested.Practical implicationsManagers and human resources practitioners can improve job and organizational performance by applying the scale in several moments in time measuring the job happiness “pulse,” monitoring their decisions.Social implicationsThe adoption of this measure for decision making in organizational and job design can contribute to the improvement of living standards and firm sustainability.Originality/valueResearch on organizational happiness has been increasing but instruments to measure JDH, considering organizational factors, are limited.

Toward Sustainable Schools: A Mixed Methods Approach to Investigating Distributed Leadership, Organizational Happiness, and Quality of Work Life in Preschools

Previous research shows that sustainable organization conditions are associated with high levels of teacher well-being. Organizational happiness and quality of work life, two indicators of teacher well-being in an organization, impact the outcomes of teachers and organizations. Determining ways to support the organizational happiness and quality of work life variables in the organizational environment are gaining significance. Distributed leadership has attracted attention in the literature with its principles. Adopting a sequential explanatory design, qualitative data were collected after quantitative data. In the quantitative component, it was hypothesized that organizational happiness could play a mediating role in the relation between distributed leadership and quality of work life. This was tested through structural equation modeling, and the findings indicated that organizational happiness had a full mediation effect. In the qualitative component, the opinions of administrators regarding the effects of their behaviors on organizational happiness and quality of work life of teachers were investigated within the scope of distributed leadership. The results indicated that administrators’ own behaviors in the school context displayed distributed leadership characteristics.

The Impact of Organizational Happiness on the Working Life Quality: A Case Study among Isfahan University’s Staff

Nowadays, the lack of happiness in organizational environments is one of the main problems for these organizations. In these organizations, organizational structures and management strategies should be looking for some tools and methods to perform the duties of the employee more effectively and increase the productivity through increasing monetary satisfaction, meeting vital needs and individually staff development in their organizations. Considering the issue, one of the newest and most efficient techniques is the creation of a happy organization with relaxation and satisfaction for staff by organizational management. The present study has been conducted to examine the effects of organizational happiness on the working life quality among Isfahan university staff. To do so, a sample of 200 employees was selected randomly. The data was collected through questionnaires. Data analysis was done by SPSS 18 and Amos 20. The results indicated that among university employees the quality of work life was highly affected by organizational happiness.

유아교사의 사회적 지지가 조직몰입과 행복감에 미치는 영향

유아교사의 사회적 지지가 조직몰입과 행복감에 미치는 영향

What makes up happy workplaces?

Jobs play an integral part of adult life. A large chunk of life is spent by people in their workplaces. Unless a workplace offers satisfaction and happiness to the employee, they are most likely to suffer from burnout, frustration and dissatisfaction and are then likely to quit their jobs. This causes loss of talent for the organizations. To use its workforce to its full potential, organisations must provide them with a conducive work environment. Hence, modern day workplaces should be of nature where workers feel like returning daily and feel happy at while they are at work. Hence, in the discipline of organizational behavior, workplace happiness and happy workplaces theme are highly relevant for organizations today. Considering the dynamic and demanding nature of work today, it becomes imperative to have organisations that can nurture talent and retain its good employees. Mental and emotional wellbeing of the workforce must be supported by the organisations and hence they should focus on employee happiness in the long run. This paper explores the dimensions of a happy workplace as reviewed from the literature. The dimensions identified are then further classified into three categories, namely, organization related, work related and employee related. The paper further discusses the benefits of a happy workplace and concludes with directions for future research.

Felicidad organizacional: mediación entre la valoración del empleado y la productividad. Una mirada a su gestión en el sector estatal

El artículo aborda el tema de la felicidad organizacional y su incidencia en la relación empleado-productividad. El objetivo de la investigación es diagnosticar el estado de la percepción de felicidad organizacional de los administrativos de una institución educativa superior de carácter estatal del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia, a partir de las dimensiones: trabajo en equipo, satisfacción, compromiso e innovación. Mediante una investigación cuali-cuantitativa de corte exploratorio, se planteó una muestra representativa y aleatoria constituida por 297 empleados administrativos adscritos a tres sedes ubicadas en los municipios de Montería, Lorica y Berástegui, con un margen de error de 0,03 %. Los hallazgos evidencian el potencial de las dimensiones trabajo en equipo y compromiso con la organización/función y la necesidad de fortalecer la satisfacción laboral e innovación como factores determinantes en las expectativas y experiencias individuales, las relaciones interpersonales, la motivación, la capacidad de adaptación, la diversidad de métodos, el bienestar laboral y la apropiación. Se concluye que la universidad –caracterizada por ser tradicional e influyente en el medio, con una estructura compleja, con un número de empleados superior a seiscientas personas y sujeta a vigilancia por parte del Estado– ha realizado esfuerzos en materia de clima laboral, pero carece de políticas institucionales que dimensionen la felicidad organizacional como el engranaje para el desarrollo empresarial desde la valoración del empleado y la productividad.

The Impact of the Perception of Organizational Virtue on the Perception of Organizational Happiness in Educational Organizations

The aim of this study is to examine the impact of organizational virtue perceived by of the employees of educational organizations on the perceived organizational happiness at schools which is their work places. Data collection was conducted through the ”Organizational Virute" (OVS) and "School Organizational Happiness" (SOHS) scales from a group of teachers (N = 242) working at elementary schools. The OVS, used to collect data at the study, has three sub-dimensions as "Optimism, Trust and grace, Integrity and forgiveness" while the SOHS has five sub-dimensions as "Management processes, Professional attitude, Workplace communication, Devotion and Economic conditions". Results of the correlation tests showed that there is positive associations that are mostly at medium and high levels between all sub dimensions of the OV scale and all sub-dimensions of the SOH scale. Results of the multiple regression analysis demonstrated that some of the sub-dimensions of the SOH scale estimate certain sub-dimensions of the OVS except for the "economic conditions" sub-dimension: The "Optimism" sub-dimension of the OVS estimates the "Trust and Grace" sub-dimension, "Professional attitude" estimates "Communication" whereas the "Honesty and forgiveness" sub-dimension estimates the "Management processes, Professional attitude and Devotion" sub-dimensions. The constant values calculated by the multiple regression analysis for all sub-dimensions are significant indicates that other factors than organizational virtue, that are not covered by this study, also have certain impacts on school organizational happiness.