Index

Sharmila Jayasingam (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Safiah Omar (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Norizah Mohd Mustamil (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Rosmawani Che Hashim (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Raida Abu Bakar (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Supporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace: Insights from a Developing Economy

ISBN: 978-1-83982-695-5, eISBN: 978-1-83982-692-4

Publication date: 16 September 2020

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Jayasingam, S., Omar, S., Mustamil, N.M., Hashim, R.C. and Bakar, R.A. (2020), "Index", Supporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace: Insights from a Developing Economy, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-692-420201009

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INDEX

Index

Age group discrimination
, 28

Agreeableness
, 180

Amplified consciousness
, 123

Anhedonia
, 20

Anxiety
, 20, 128

Appreciation function
, 170

Automaticity
, 122

Big Five Personality model
, 179–180

Body mass index (BMI)
, 127

Bravery
, 155, 163

British Teleco Group (BT Group)
, 46

Buffering function
, 170

Character
, 149–150

accepting hero in others and developing them
, 166–168

definition
, 159–162

finding Hero in self
, 162–166

good
, 146–147

Heroes and coping
, 169–170

strengths
, 146, 148–159

virtues
, 150–159

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
, 47

Citizenship
, 133, 157

Cognitive abilities
, 19

Collective mindfulness
, 118–120

Communication
, 91–92

Competitiveness
, 110

Conscientiousness
, 180–181

Conservation of resources theory (COR theory)
, 4–7, 32, 76, 81, 134, 149, 177–178, 185

Contemporary work environment
, 176

Coping mechanism
, 184

Courage
, 155–156, 163

Creativity
, 154

Cross-cultural management
, 148

Curiosity
, 154, 163

Deciphering mindfulness
, 120

amplified consciousness and regulation of physiological systems
, 123

decreased automaticity
, 122–123

disengage self from experiences
, 121–122

secondary processes
, 123–125

Decision-maker
, 153

Depression
, 14–18

depression at workplace
, 21–28

employer’s roles
, 32–39

examples to benchmark
, 45–47

features
, 20–21

impact to organisational well-being
, 28–31

Malaysian scenario
, 39–45

mental health legislation
, 47–49

remedy for
, 31–32

understanding
, 18–19

Desperation principle
, 6

Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL)
, 46

Developing nations
, 3–4

Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders V
, 21

Direct discrimination
, 26

Discrimination
, 26–28

Distributive justice
, 196

Eastern perspective of mindfulness
, 114–117

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
, 46

Employee Opinion Survey (EOS)
, 46

Employees
, 176, 178

leadership
, 194–195

organisational factors responsible for
, 193

organisational justice
, 195–197

performance
, 132–133

psychological well-being
, 189–192

work environment
, 197–198

work place design
, 193–194

work–life balance
, 198–199

Employees’ well-being (see also Organisational well-being)
, 4, 9, 127

physiological health
, 127–128

psychological health
, 128–130

social relationship health
, 130

Employer’s roles
, 32

conservation of resources theory
, 32–33

counselling and wellness
, 38

creating awareness
, 34

formulating proper rules and regulations
, 35–36

free health screening
, 34–35

implementing work-life balance policy
, 33–34

initiate event of happiness
, 36

insurance cover
, 37

spotting sign
, 33

support group
, 38–39

tax exemption
, 37–38

workplace adjustments
, 36–37

Employment Act 1955 (EA 1955)
, 48

Employment discrimination
, 26

Energiser
, 153

Equality
, 196

Equity
, 196

Ethnicity
, 28

Extraversion
, 180

Extrinsic motivation
, 187

Fairness
, 157

Female discrimination
, 27

Female labour force participation rate (FLFP rate)
, 69

Free health screening
, 34–35

Gain paradox
, 6

Gender discrimination
, 27

Generation X
, 65

Home domain
, 65

Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism (H. E. R. O)
, 164

heroes and coping
, 169–170

Human civilisation
, 96

Humanity
, 156–157, 163–164

Idea creator
, 153, 168

‘Ideal Muslim’ value
, 67

Immigrant status discrimination
, 28

Implementer
, 153

Indirect discrimination
, 26

Individual demands and organisational resources at work
, 77

Individual mindfulness
, 118–120

Industrial Revolution
, 65

Influencer
, 153

Information gatherer
, 153

Instantaneous Intuitive Moving Confession (IIUM Confession)
, 40

Insurance cover
, 37

Integrity
, 155

Interactional justice
, 196

International Labor Organization (ILO)
, 26

Intrinsic motivation
, 187

Job Demand Resource model (JD-R model)
, 186

Justice
, 157, 164

Kindness
, 156

Leadership
, 149, 157, 193–195

Life domains
, 65

Love
, 156

of learning
, 155

Malaysia Mental Health Association (MMHA)
, 44–45

Malaysia(n)
, 1

changing Malaysian households
, 69–71

depression scenario in
, 39–45

workforce
, 67–69

Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
, 43

Mental health
, 128–129

legislation
, 47–49

Mental Health Act (2001)
, 47–48

Mental Illness Awareness and Support Association (MIASA)
, 45

Mind
, 132

Mindfulness
, 92–93, 110, 135

building inner resource reservoir
, 133–136

deciphering
, 120–126

employee performance
, 132–133

employees’ well-being
, 127–130

function
, 170

individual vs. collective
, 118–120

lenses of
, 114

in organisations
, 131

trait vs. state
, 117

Western vs. Eastern perspective
, 114–117

at work
, 126

Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs)
, 127

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
, 115, 127

Mindlessness

attack of
, 108–110

at work
, 110–114

Multi-taskers
, 113

National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS)
, 40

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
, 42

National Transformation 2050 (TN50)
, 2, 110

Need
, 196

Negative emotions
, 19

Neuroticism
, 180–181

New Economic Policy
, 1

Open-mindedness
, 154

Openness
, 180

Organisational well-being (see also Employees’ well-being)

accidents at workplace
, 30

health
, 29

high-cost safety and health
, 30–31

impact to
, 28

inability to make right decision
, 30

unfair dismissal claims
, 31

Organisations/organisational
, 177, 187, 210

justice
, 195–197

management
, 198

mindfulness processes
, 119

Persistence
, 155

Personal traits
, 151

Personal well-being
, 162

Personality

characteristics
, 154

traits
, 179, 181

Perspective
, 155

Physical anhedonia
, 20

Physiological systems regulation
, 123

Primacy of resource loss
, 5

Priming function
, 170

Proactive personality
, 89–91

Procedural justice
, 196

Psychological capital (PsyCap)
, 164–166

Psychologically robust employees
, 4

Reappraisal function
, 170

Relationship manager
, 153

Religion
, 86–88

religious beliefs
, 86

Resilience function
, 170

Resource investment
, 5–6

Resource-Based View theory (RBV theory)
, 167

Returns on investment (ROI)
, 131

Secondary processes of mindfulness
, 123–125

Self-regulation
, 149

Sexual harassment
, 23–24

Social

anhedonia
, 20

interactions
, 64

undermining
, 80

Spillover effect, power of
, 71–78

Spirituality
, 88–89

Stimulus
, 193

Stimulus, Organism, Response model (S–O–R model)
, 187–189, 192

Stress
, 110, 177

changing Malaysian households
, 69–71

communication
, 91–92

crossover perspective
, 78–86

dilemmas at work
, 64–66

flexible roles
, 94–95

at home
, 86

mindfulness
, 92–93

partners roles
, 86

power of spillover effect
, 71–78

proactive personality
, 89–91

religion
, 86–88

spirituality
, 88–89

tolerance
, 93–94

understanding developing economy
, 67–69

Stressors
, 73

Sustaining well-being
, 209–211

Tax exemption
, 37–38

Teamwork
, 166

Temperance
, 157–158, 164

Tolerance
, 93–94

Total fertility rate (TFR)
, 69

Trait
, 117

Transcendence
, 158–159, 164

Values in Action Inventory (VIA)
, 162

classification of character strengths
, 153–154

VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS)
, 162

Virtues
, 151

and character strengths
, 152

VIA Classification of character strengths
, 153–154

courage
, 155–156

humanity
, 156–157

justice
, 157

temperance
, 157–158

transcendence
, 158–159

wisdom
, 154–155

Vision 2020
, 1

Vitality
, 155

Well-being

from developing economy perspective
, 87

organisational well-being
, 28–31

in workplace
, 207–211

Wellness of employees
, 38

Western perspective of mindfulness
, 114–117

Wisdom
, 154–155

Work

demands
, 80, 110–114

domain
, 65

environment
, 197–198

mindfulness at
, 126–130

mindlessness at
, 110–114

pressure
, 72

work-related stress
, 184

work–home domains
, 72

Work-life balance (WLB)
, 3, 78, 198–199

policy implementation
, 33–34

Workaholism
, 85

Workplace
, 177

accidents at
, 30

adjustments
, 36–37

behaviour
, 178–179

bullying
, 24–26

causes
, 22–23

character strength in
, 147

depression
, 7

depression at
, 21

design
, 193–194

discrimination
, 26–28

employees’ psychological well-being
, 189–192

environment contribution
, 187

individual factors
, 179–182

organisational factors
, 192–199

resource
, 184

as second home
, 182–184

sexual harassment
, 23–24

signs
, 21–22

S–O–R model
, 188–189

World Health Organisation (WHO)
, 29