Wellbeing

The health as defined by World Health Organization like “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Three dimensions were expressed as interconnected where lack of one dimension can disrupt health as it should be. The wellbeing is not far from the health as defined by WHO, but some dimensions were added to match the current situation and improve the health of people. Some added dimensions were emotional, professional or occupational, financial and environmental conditions.

Although wellbeing was then defined differently, all definitions have common ground of being comfortable, happy, productive in a daily basis. The first definition was “the state of feeling healthy and happy”; the second definition was “the combination of feeling good and functioning well”; The third definition was “the experience of health, happiness, and prosperity.” The fourth definition of Wellbeing is a “multi-dimensional concept where the person mental health values, feeling valued, work–life balance are acceptable”; The fifth definition of wellbeing is “a complex combination of a person's physical, mental, emotional and social health factors”. However, World health organization defined the wellbeing as “encompasses quality of life and the ability of people and societies to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and purpose.”

The current life has been affected by new working fictive environment and changing social life, rapidly changing, and flying visions and very demanding way of work with moving targets. Pressure over pressure, meetings wherever you are on electronic gadgets for catching up with deadlines to ensure that all projects are successful. Economic recession, continuous inflation of prices, layoffs, and sleep deprivation, as well as the pandemic are other issues that increase the job insecurity, stress, and burnout. In addition, anxiety, depression, forgetfulness, and stroke may jeopardize the whole life of people. Moreover, the increase of non-communicable diseases caused by lack of wellbeing on their daily basis make their life difficult and reduce their contribution to the world.

Wellbeing dimensions:

As defined above wellbeing must be addressed through different dimensions so that its context meets the heightened and required health and wellbeing. Although many dimensions were mentioned world health organization grouped some in mental health as an integral part of all required reasoning actions. Stoewen in 2017 grouped eight dimensions for improving the wellness of people.

• Physical Dimension
   -Caring for your body to stay healthy now and in the future.
• Intellectual Dimension
   -Growing intellectually, maintaining curiosity about all there is to learn, valuing lifelong learning, and responding positively to intellectual challenges.
   -Expanding knowledge and skills while discovering the potential for sharing your gifts with others
• Intellectual Dimension
   -Growing intellectually, maintaining curiosity about all there is to learn, valuing lifelong learning, and responding positively to intellectual challenges.
   -Expanding knowledge and skills while discovering the potential for sharing your gifts with others
• Emotional Dimension
   -Understanding and respecting your feelings, values, and attitudes
   -Appreciating the feelings of others
   -Managing your emotions in a constructive way
   -Feeling positive and enthusiastic about your life
• Social Dimension
   -Maintaining healthy relationships, enjoying being with others, developing friendships and intimate relations, caring about others, and letting others care about you.
   -Contributing to your community
• Spiritual Dimension
   -Finding purpose, value, and meaning in your life with or without organized religion
   -Participating in activities that are consistent with your beliefs and values.
• Vocational Dimension
   -Preparing for and participating in work that provides personal satisfaction and life enrichment that is consistent with your values, goals, and lifestyle.
   -Contributing your unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is personally meaningful and rewarding.
  
• Financial Dimension
   -Managing your resources to live within your means, making informed financial decisions and investments, setting realistic goals, and preparing for short-term and long-term needs or emergencies.  -Being aware that everyone’s financial values, needs, and circumstances are unique.
• Environmental Dimension
   -Understanding how your social, natural, and built environments affect your health and well-being.
   -Being aware of the unstable state of the earth and the effects of your daily habits on the physical environment
   -Demonstrating commitment to a healthy planet

Stress factors and wellbeing

According to the ISO45003 and health and safety executive standards there are some important elements that were elaborated to be understood for organizing and elaborating a conducive working environment. The wellbeing could not be possible if all stress factors are controlled.
Four pillars with many more than 50 items were elaborated to measure and heighten the wellbeing at workplace and reduce workplace stress:

• Work organization
• Work content
• Social and personal factors
• Work environment

Causative And Exacerbatory Factors to workplace stress

• Personal vulnerabilities
• Characteristics of the job
• Organizational climate
• Congruence between the person and the environment
• Perceptions and appraisal by the worker
• Culture and socialization processes
• Human resource management practices
• The medical, statutory, and legal processes
• Injury management and return-to-work practices

Wellbeing issues management

• The well-coordinated and organized health promotion based on full wellbeing dimensions is the current real weapon to help people grasp their wellbeing on their daily basis and in a sustainable way
• The Karasek model workplace application
• Stress factors management for both managers and other employees
• Physical activities other social workplace oriented strategies
• Nutritional behavior change to support the body immunity
• Request support from professionals for advisory
• Financial literacy and other workplace solidarity suport for employees

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