Flourishing in New Zealand Workers. Issue 9 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hone, Lucy C.; Jarden, Aaron; Duncan, Scott; Schofield, Grant M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 57:Issue 9(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000508
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Objective:</title> <p>To investigate the prevalence and associations of flourishing among a large sample of New Zealand workers.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Methods:</title> <p>A categorical diagnosis of flourishing was applied to data from the Sovereign Wellbeing Index, a nationally representative sample of adults in paid employment (<italic>n</italic> = 5549) containing various lifestyle, physical, psychosocial, and work-related indicators.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Results:</title> <p>One in four New Zealand workers were categorized as flourishing. Being older and married, reporting greater income, financial security, physical health, autonomy, strengths awareness and use, work-life balance, job satisfaction, participation in the Five Ways to Well-being, volunteering, and feeling appreciated by others were all positively associated with worker flourishing independent of sociodemographics.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Conclusions:</title> <p>Flourishing is a useful additional indicator for evaluating the prevalence, and identifying the drivers, of employee well-being. Employers may benefit from promoting these indicators among staff.</p> </sec> </abstract>