Operations Management
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780135173626
Author: HEIZER, Jay, RENDER, Barry, Munson, Chuck
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 10, Problem 1DQ
Summary Introduction
To Determine: The definition of good quality of work life.
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The good quality of life is defined as overall quality of a person’s working life. Quality of life includes factors like social relationships, health, income and other factors like satisfaction and happiness. There are psychological growth needs that are related to consideration of quality of work life. Such needs are: autonomy, skill, variety, task significance, feedback, and task identity.
The essential elements of work life quality is basic extrinsic work factors such as working hours, work settings, individual responsibilities, social support, equality and fairness, self-development, and purposeful future at work.
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