JOB DEMANDS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The physical and psychological demands of work and the perception of the work environment often place huge demands on health worker’s performance. It is no wonder that industrial/organizational psychologists and other social scientists uphold the importance of psychological wellbeing in sustaining productivity in workers. Therefore, the study examined job demands and organizational climate as predictors of psychological well-being among health workers in Ondo State, Nigeria. This study was conducted using a cross-sectional research design, 295 health workers (male = 38; female = 257) whose age ranges from 41 to 61 (Mean=39.25; SD=8.734) were selected from the hospitals in Ondo State, Nigeria. Purposive and accidental Sampling techniques were adopted. Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing (RPWB) Scale, Organizational Climate Questionnaire (OCQ) and Job-Demands Scale were used to measure the variables of this study. Three hypotheses were tested. The findings revealed that organizational climate showed significant positive relationship with psychological wellbeing among health workers [r (293) = .32, p<.01]. Job demand showed inverse significant relationship with psychological wellbeing [r (293) = -.18, p<.05]. The results revealed that job demand and organizational climate jointly predicted psychological wellbeing among Health workers [F (2,292) =17.92, p < .01] and jointly yielded 11 % variance in the psychological wellbeing of Health Workers. This study recommended that government and private organizations should implement participative decision-making and supportiveness, to create a platform for improving the perception of psychological wellness.