Well-being: Role of psychological capital among employees

Pages:295-298
Poonam Singh (Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

In today’s scenario, well being of employee is in the best interest of organizations. Since the workplace is a significant part of an employee’s life that can affects his/ her life. Well being has implication to employees very deeply-at mind, body and soul. The aim of present study is to examine the role of positive psychological capital on well being of employees. The study is concerned to see the relationship between psychological capital (such as self efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) and employee psychological well being. The sample consists of 60 employees working in public sector banks. Well being of employees is being measured by the scale of psychological well being (Ryffs, 1995) which consists of 18 items. The result of the study is showing that optimism and resilience (dimensions of psychological capital) emerged as significant predictor of employee well-being.