Resumen de The effect of subjective well-being on the management of successful organizations

Diva Licet Mendoza Ocasal, Evaristo Navarro, Javier Ramírez, Johny García Tirado, Fabian Román

• Purpose:The objective of this research was to analyze the effect of subjective well-being on successfulorganizational management through the study and measurement of the variables: quality of work life,job satisfaction and happiness at work.Design/methodology/approach:This research has a positivist or quantitative approach of acorrelational type at a descriptive level and corresponds to a population sample of 302 workersrandomly selected from a total of nine hundred collaborators hired by the Universities of Barranquilla,Colombia.Findings: In order to predict the behavior of a dependent variable based on other independentvariables, the multiple regression model was used, so the statistical data indicate that subjectivewell-being index can increase or decrease in organizations and derives from the perception of quality ofwork life of employees. In this research, job satisfaction was the factor with the highest score, followedby the quality of work life variable, then happiness at work, and due to these factors, subjective Well-being at work is generated. The conclusions of the research denote the importance for organizationalmanagement to know the perception of workers. The data generated through this measurement willallow companies to personalize their work well-being programs, and to invest better in their logisticaland human economic resources, as well as how to create business strategies that promote higher levelsof commitment and work productivity, this diagnostic measurement model helps human talent areas tobe more aligned with the real needs and expectations of employees. The analysis of the study concludesthat the development of strategies to improve the subjective well-being of employees promotessuccessful organizational management.Originality/value:This research analyzes subjective well-being at work, because most of the studiescarried out on this topic focus on subjective well-being from a personal perspective, emphasizing howcitizens evaluate their lives in general terms. This article is focused on aspects related to the perceptionof workers in the work context based on the measurement of three variables in an integrated manner; Ingeneral, other research has analyzed the variables individually and related them to other aspects such asthe work environment or productivity. The originality of this study lies in the integrated analysis of thethree variables quality of work life, satisfaction and happiness at work as predictors of SWB at work. The data from this measurement model provides relevant information so that organizations can makebetter decisions regarding their policies for attraction, loyalty and retention of human capital, in this waythey can design strategies, create incentive and benefit plans, according to the employee’s expectationsand needs