Extended Abstract
Introduction: In the contemporary industrial world, people's working lives are mainly spent within organizations, interacting with colleagues. The quality of life of employees, as their mental perception and understanding of the physical and psychological desirability of the workplace, has a wide impact on productivity, which is the ultimate goal of any organization. As a result, attention to the quality of life of employees is of concern to organizational managers, and efforts are made to improve it to achieve organizational goals. The quality of life of employees is affected by a wide range of factors. Given the size of organizations in Iran and the importance of the quality of life of employees in enhancing productivity, the present study seeks to examine the effect of psychological capital and participation in decision-making on the quality of life of employees.
Method: This is a survey study. The population is the employees of the Social Security Organization (SSO) of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, totaling 600 people, of whom 220 were selected using simple random sampling method. To measure psychological capital, a combination of four questionnaires was used: hopefulness (Schneider et al., 2002), optimism (Shir and Carver, 2002), resilience (Block and Kremen, 1996), and self-efficacy (Parker, 1998). To measure quality of life, the Peterson and Hunt (2010) questionnaire was utilized, and participation in decision-making was measured through the Parnell and Bell (1994) questionnaire. All of these questionnaires possess validity and reliability.
Findings: According to the results of the present study, the quality of life of employees is on the range of scores 3-15 with an actual mean of 9 equal to 9.7. This indicates that the quality of life of employees of the Social Security Organization is at an average level. In addition, the analytical findings of the study show that there is a positive and significant relationship between psychological capital and participation in decision-making with quality of life. these two variables can explain .24 of the variances in quality of life.
Conclusion: People with higher psychological capital typically possess skills such as stress resistance, flexibility, and better communication. Such individuals tend to make better decisions in the face of challenges and ultimately have higher satisfaction, which together helps improve their quality of life. Furthermore, by increasing the level of employee participation in organizational decision-making, their sense of control and effectiveness in organizational processes increases, which leads to higher satisfaction and consequently better quality of life.