Self-esteem, Emotional Resilience, and Person-job Fit Predicting Psychological Well-being of Employees in Food Industry

Abstract

This research consisted of 2 phases. 1^st phase was a qualitative research. Objectives of the 1^st phase of research:             (1) To study the meaning of psychological well-being, factors encouraging psychological well-being, and guidelines to improve psychological well-being of employees. Interviewees were 16 employees with psychological well-being from 2 companies in food industry. Results revealed that well-being meant (1) having good physical and mental health,     (2) seeing other people happy, (3) doing what one pleases, and (4) being optimistic. Factors encouraging psychological well-being were (1) self-esteem, (2) emotional resilience, and (3) person-job fit. Guidelines to improve psychological well-being were (1) receiving payments, (2) having a good relationship, (3) doing what one pleases, and (4) letting go of stress. The 2^nd phase was a quantitative research. Objectives of the 2^nd phase of research: (1) To study the level of psychological well-being, self-esteem, emotional resilience, and person-job fit of employees. (2) To find the relationship between psychological well-being, self-esteem, emotional resilience, and person-job fit of employees.      (3) To predict psychological well-being from self-esteem, emotional resilience, and person-job fit of employees. Samples were 165 employees from 2 companies in food industry. The data were analyzed with percentage, average, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. Results revealed that (1) psychological well-being, self-esteem, emotional resilience, and person-job fit was in a moderate level,              (2) self-esteem, emotional resilience, and person-job fit related to psychological well-being of employees at a statistical significance level of  .01, and (3) altogether self-esteem in the component of virtue, emotional resilience in the component of emotional competence, and person-job fit in the component of needs-supplies fit could predict psychological well-being of employees at 49.00%.