Psychological Well-Being: An Empirical Study of Indian Industry on Work-Life Integration During Covid 19

Life Sciences-Psychology

Authors

  • J. Pujitha Research Scholar, GITAM School of Business, Visakhapatnam, GITAM University
  • Dr. Shaik Shamshuddin Assistant Professor, GITAM School of Business, Visakhapatnam, GITAM University
  • Dr. N. Deepa Mohan Associate Professor, GITAM School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Visakhapatnam, GITAM University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22376/ijlpr.2023.13.2.L62-L73

Keywords:

COVID-19, Job satisfaction, Life satisfaction, Work-life` Integration, Psychological well-being

Abstract

Minimizing the effects of COVID-19 is one of the world's highest priorities, and India is taking essential measures to curb the outbreak. Many businesses promoted social distancing through the announcement of compulsory work-from-home. In this backdrop, Remote Work has become a significant model mainly to retain talent and attrition. The present study analyses whether work-life integration and work-life satisfaction are related to psychological well-being. Research hypotheses are formulated based on the investigation of the literature review. This data was collected in India during July and October 2020 while the Covid pandemic was coming down to normal. The survey was aimed at people who work in Indian-based companies. Workers received an electronic version of the questionnaire, and organizations received e-mail requests. The decision was made to use the comfort sampling method. During the pandemic, a sample of 400 employees from the Information Technology industry in the cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore, India. Work-Life integration leading to Psychological Well-being were analyzed considering the role of work-life satisfaction as a mediator. This research focuses on job and life satisfaction, showing the mechanisms that help workers in remote working conditions stay mentally healthy during a pandemic. This mediation study revealed that Work-life satisfaction has an optimistic and robust relationship with psychological health, with this relationship being influenced by work satisfaction and life satisfaction among the Indian IT companies surveyed. These studies' findings suggest that a successful workfrom- home community is built on a foundation of work-life integration based on contentment. The research findings are that positive work-life integration contributes to employees' positive levels of psychological well-being. We found that the higher the job and life satisfaction, the better the psychological well-being. Since the current study is a cross-sectional analysis, there are some restrictions on how long the investigation can last. Longitudinal research should be conducted to improve the results of the studies. 

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2023-02-06

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Pujitha, J., Shamshuddin, D. S., & Deepa Mohan, D. N. . (2023). Psychological Well-Being: An Empirical Study of Indian Industry on Work-Life Integration During Covid 19: Life Sciences-Psychology. International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research, 13(2), L62-L73. https://doi.org/10.22376/ijlpr.2023.13.2.L62-L73

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