Developing Employee wellbeing towards Sustainable Adaptation: Building Resilience and Change

Introduction

In the fast-paced world of modern companies, change is inevitable. Employee adaptability and success in a changing environment are now key requirements for businesses. This blog article explores the crucial relationship that exists between helping workers develop resilience and enabling them to thrive in times of change. It is backed by the most recent findings in organisational psychology and wellbeing research. 

Resilience's Significance in the contemporary Face of Change:

According to research, resilience is an evolving phenomenon that entails adaptive behaviour as a result of major stresses rather than merely recovering from adversity (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2013). Resilience in the workplace provides workers with the mental toughness and coping skills needed to negotiate uncertainty and welcome change as a chance for personal development (Hartmann, Weiss, Newman, and Hoegl, 2020).

Beneficial Effect on Worker Wellbeing:

During times of transition, developing resilience makes a big difference in improving employee wellbeing overall. According to Robertson et al. (2017), resilient people have reduced degrees of anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout, which promotes a more pleasant psychological state. Enhanced satisfaction with employment and a greater chance of continuing to perform at peak levels even under trying conditions follow from this (Masten, 2014). 

Building Up Resilience:

Companies have a critical role to play in helping their employees develop resilience. This entails delivering emotional intelligence-boosting training courses, stress management resources, and a culture that encourages transparency and flexibility (Jackson et al., 2017). These kinds of projects support organisational resilience in general as well as individual resilience, both of which are necessary for success in a quickly changing environment. 

Adapting Well to Change:

Resilience and an employee's capacity to flourish in a changing environment are strongly related. Instead, than viewing change as a danger, resilient people are more inclined to view it as a chance for their own and their career's growth (Ahmad, Latif, Bilal, and Hai, 2019). Their optimistic outlook empowers them to make valuable contributions to the process of change, promoting ingenuity and inventiveness inside the establishment.

Conclusion

Prioritising staff resilience development becomes a strategic priority as organisations manage an era of continual change. In addition to improving individual wellbeing, organisations that cultivate a resilient workforce also strengthen their group's ability to innovate, adapt, and prosper in the face of ongoing change.

 

References:

Ahmad, B., Latif, S., Bilal, A.R. and Hai, M., (2019). The mediating role of career resilience on the relationship between career competency and career success: an empirical investigation. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 11(3), pp.209-231.

Fletcher, D., & Sarkar, M. (2013). Psychological resilience: A review and critique of definitions, concepts, and theory. European Psychologist, 18(1), 12–23.

Hartmann, S., Weiss, M., Newman, A. and Hoegl, M., (2020). Resilience in the workplace: A multilevel review and synthesis. Applied Psychology, 69(3), pp.913-959.

Masten, A. S. (2014). Ordinary Magic: Resilience Processes in Development. American Psychologist, 67(4), 227–238.

Robertson, I. T., Cooper, C. L., Sarkar, M., & Curran, T. (2015). Resilience training in the workplace from 2003 to 2014: A systematic review. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 88(3), 533–562.

Comments

  1. MAHESH KULARATHNADecember 6, 2023 at 3:11 AM

    Agreed your points, Most organizations are now emphasizing the importance of adaptability amongst the employees, and this trend will definitely continue into the future. Ability to adapt well to change is important for long-term career success as it’s a skillset that employers look for as a core capability in their workforce. 

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  2. Shehan De MelDecember 8, 2023 at 5:02 AM

    Absolutely. In current fluid and fast-paced world, adaptability has become a more and more important skill, and this trend will only pick up speed in the future. Not only is adaptability a desirable trait, but it's also essential for both organisational expansion and long-term career success. Organisations can guarantee that their workforce is well-suited to navigate a constantly evolving environment and attain long-term success by placing a high priority on adaptability.
    Through acknowledging the significance of flexibility and striving to enhance this capacity, we can guarantee that we are adequately equipped for the future (Brown, 2015).

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  3. Nipuni MahathanthriDecember 20, 2023 at 6:29 AM

    Every company has it's own culture. Employees need to accept it and adjust to it in order to be on the job and also to maintain their well being. Actually I believe the office is a gret place which teaches us to get adapted into things beyond our control and still remin without getting stress. That is why I guess that you have mentioned that resilience at workplace as a significant challenge which is to I agree 100%

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  4. Chaminda SenadeeraDecember 20, 2023 at 8:57 AM

    Adapting to change is very important in any organization, as i understood from your article It is a role of HRM help employees to adapt change through employee wellbeing. if HRM assure the wellbeing of employees its automatically increase the employee engagement and profitability of the organization.

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