Quality of Life in Workplace: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing in Predicting Work Engagement

Abstract

The primary objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of well-being, elucidated through hedonic and eudaimonic dimensions, on the prediction of Work Engagement (WE). Subjective well-being (SWB), embodying a hedonic framework, and psychological well-being (PWB), encapsulating a eudaimonic perspective, constituted the focal constructs under examination. The study encompassed a cohort of 327 participants, stratified across three stages of analysis (110 individuals in stage 1, 217 participants in stage 2, and the entirety of the research subjects in stage 3). The initial stage scrutinized employees of Javanese ethnicity domiciled in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for a minimum of 3 years, with a work tenure exceeding 1 year. Stage 2 featured a more diverse subject pool, encompassing individuals from various ethnic backgrounds and possessing a work tenure of over 1 year. The purpose of Stage 2 was to assess the consistency of predictive patterns across subjects with diverse backgrounds. Utilizing the principal component analysis method, the results of factor analysis in Stage 1 revealed disparities from those in Stages 2 and 3. In Stage 1, SWB and PWB exhibited multiple components, whereas in Stages 2 and 3, they were more distinctly discerned as separate factors influencing WE. Notably, PWB emerged as a more potent predictor of WE compared to SWB. Consequently, it is deduced that, for the accurate prediction of WE, a eudaimonic conceptualization of well-being holds greater efficacy than its hedonic counterpart.