Title: Revisiting antecedents of organisational health: organisational climate, culture, values and employee empowerment

Authors: Anupama Singh; Sumi Jha

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Abstract: The concept of organisational health is of utmost importance for long-term organisational sustainability. Healthy organisational climate and culture may enhance the performance of organisations. In healthy organisations employees share a common value system and contribute to the formation of healthy organisations. If employees and organisations share a common value system, employees faces less stress and feel more empowered. Management effort towards well-being and growth of employees helps in the growth of a healthy organisation. The present study explores the literature on the influence of organisational climate, organisational culture and employee empowerment on organisation value, which in turn influences organisational health.

Keywords: organisational climate; organisational culture; employee empowerment; organisation value; organisational health; organisational sustainability; common value systems; employee well-being.

DOI: 10.1504/IJQRS.2014.065789

International Journal of Qualitative Research in Services, 2014 Vol.1 No.4, pp.305 - 320

Received: 24 Aug 2013
Accepted: 14 May 2014
Published online: 28 Nov 2014 *

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