Quality of Work Life (QWL)

For an organization to be successful, it is important to retain its talented workforce. Each organization would have made a huge investment in developing the talented workforce. And to reap the gains for the investment it made, first it is important to know how to retain their talented workforce.

For the organizations to do so, it should address the QWL (Quality of Work Life) of the workforce. The following plays the part in the QWL of the workforce:

• the task assigned
  
• the physical work environment
  
• the social environment within the organization
  
• the administrative system of the organization
  
• the relationship between life on and off the job
  

Improving the QWL of the workforce (by addressing the work life issues) results in increasing the effectiveness of the organization. So it is must for organizations to measure the QWL and improve it (if required). There are determinants of QWL that the organizations can use for its purpose. They are:

1. Participation in decision making
   
2. Career advancement
   
3. Job safety and security
   
4. Compensation
   
5. Interpersonal relations
   
6. Recognition and praise
   
7. Job stress
   
8. Pay and allowance
   
9. Working condition