EMPLOYEE WELLNESS: A STRATEGY FOR INFLUENCING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The Social cognitive theory created a good relationship among individuals, behavior and the environment. All these three elements interact with each other to change the individual behavior. (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 2001). Social cognitive theory plays a supporting role in healthy behavior in the workplace. (Baranowski, 2002) and it is a powerful predictor of health behavior (Bandura, 1986). This study examines the influence of employee wellness on organizational performance in the IT industry in Bangalore. Many studies proved that nowadays employee wellness is playing a vital role in organizational performance. Hence, this study was conducted among the employees in the IT industry in Bangalore. Data was gathered through a structured questionnaire and 240 samples have been taken for this study. The simple random sampling method was used to collect the data. Binary logistic regression was used for analyzing the data. In this study, employee wellness was an independent variable and organizational performance was a dependent variable. The independent variables are “Flexitime, Counselling, Periodical Health checkups, Employee assistance programs, Work at home, Wellness workshops, Mental health support and Inclusiveness”. Among the aforementioned variables, Counseling, Periodic health checkups and Employee assistance programs are significantly influencing organizational performance. Therefore, this study recommended that employee wellness programmes influence organizational performance.