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Changing Environment and Workplace Well-being among MNC Employees in Bangalore: A Promising Survey


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1 Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
     

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The present study looks at the impact of the changing environment on workplace well-being among MNC employees. The sample consists of 113 employees working in Multinational Companies in Bangalore, India. Changing environment includes the disturbances caused due to human interference in natural processes like climate change, greenery, infrastructure and traffic. A self-developed survey questionnaire was used to collect the data and the results showed that the climate change impacted the work stress, motivation and productivity moderately. Greenery and traffic impacted the workplace well-being very much and extremely respectively. The common response for infrastructure was that it impacted well-being very much.

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changing environment, workplace well-being, employees, Bangalore Fogg Behavioral Model, a behavioral change theory given by Behavioral
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Authors

Sanjana Menon
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
T. Sanjana
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
N.T Sudhesh
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The present study looks at the impact of the changing environment on workplace well-being among MNC employees. The sample consists of 113 employees working in Multinational Companies in Bangalore, India. Changing environment includes the disturbances caused due to human interference in natural processes like climate change, greenery, infrastructure and traffic. A self-developed survey questionnaire was used to collect the data and the results showed that the climate change impacted the work stress, motivation and productivity moderately. Greenery and traffic impacted the workplace well-being very much and extremely respectively. The common response for infrastructure was that it impacted well-being very much.

Keywords


changing environment, workplace well-being, employees, Bangalore Fogg Behavioral Model, a behavioral change theory given by Behavioral

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