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<p>Holding employees who are highly motivated and who illustrate fulfilment in respect to their work is a catalyst of positive change for nowadays organizations, who perform operations in quickly changing circumstances. Such individuals are known to engage more in organizational citizenship behaviour and steer away from deviant workplace behaviour. As employees display different personality traits and work-related motivation, only organizations which know how to properly engage their personnel, foster organizational citizenship actions and nurture ethical conduct within all organizational levels can attain a leading position on the market. The paper aims to examine the extent to which the socio-economic wellbeing influences ‘good’ or ‘bad’ behaviours at work and/or at school. The paper’s objectives are twofolded: (1) to understand if there is a causal relationship between the socio-economic wellbeing of individuals and their behaviour at work or/and at school; (2) to determine the extent to which the socioeconomic wellbeing contributes to shaping a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ behaviour at work or/and at school. Correlations and simple linear regression model were employed to understand the predictive power of the socio-economic wellbeing on behaviour once a causal relationship has been confirmed. Results show that the perceived ambition to obtain a high social status, accumulate wealth and become rich and powerful predicts positively a ‘bad’ behaviour and negatively a ‘good’ behaviour.</p>
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Holding employees who are highly motivated and who illustrate fulfilment in respect to their work is a catalyst of positive change for nowadays organizations, who perform operations in quickly changing circumstances. Such individuals are known to engage more in organizational citizenship behaviour and steer away from deviant workplace behaviour. As employees display different personality traits and work-related motivation, only organizations which know how to properly engage their personnel, foster organizational citizenship actions and nurture ethical conduct within all organizational levels can attain a leading position on the market. The paper aims to examine the extent to which the socio-economic wellbeing influences ‘good’ or ‘bad’ behaviours at work and/or at school. The paper’s objectives are twofolded: (1) to understand if there is a causal relationship between the socio-economic wellbeing of individuals and their behaviour at work or/and at school; (2) to determine the extent to which the socioeconomic wellbeing contributes to shaping a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ behaviour at work or/and at school. Correlations and simple linear regression model were employed to understand the predictive power of the socio-economic wellbeing on behaviour once a causal relationship has been confirmed. Results show that the perceived ambition to obtain a high social status, accumulate wealth and become rich and powerful predicts positively a ‘bad’ behaviour and negatively a ‘good’ behaviour.

Socio-Economic Wellbeing and behavior at School or Work To what Extent are They Related? Evidence from Romania

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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Holding employees who are highly motivated and who illustrate fulfilment in respect to their work is a catalyst of positive change for nowadays organizations,...

Socio-Economic Wellbeing and behavior at School or Work To what Extent are They Related? Evidence from Romania

Published Online: Jul 14, 2023

Page range: 853 - 863

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2023-0078

Keywords
Socio-economic wellbeing, work or school behaviour, social status, Romania, employee engagement

© 2023 Carmen Păunescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Socio-Economic Wellbeing and behavior at School or Work To what Extent are They Related? Evidence from Romania

Published Online: Jul 14, 2023

Page range: 853 - 863

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2023-0078

KeywordsSocio-economic wellbeing, work or school behaviour, social status, Romania, employee engagement

© 2023 Carmen Păunescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Socio-economic wellbeing, work or school behaviour, social status, Romania, employee engagement