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Workplace Well-Being as a Buzzword: Criticisms Made Toward Future Explorations of the Concept

Workplace Well-Being as a Buzzword: Criticisms Made Toward Future Explorations of the Concept
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Author(s): Chad H. Newton (Belhaven University, USA)and Sharrieffah S. Bridges (Belhaven University, USA)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 16
Source title: Practices, Challenges, and Deterrents in Workplace Wellbeing: Strategies for Building Resilient and Thriving Workplaces
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Banya Barua (RMIT University, Australia & Esse Management Consultants Pty. Ltd., Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-6079-8.ch020

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Abstract

The purpose of the proposed chapter involved a provocation regarding the assumptions about the meaning of workplace well-being. The proposed work included four aspects from which the writers intended to demonstrate the multiple challenges that scholars faced regarding the meaning of well-being: (a) theoretical lenses, (b) philosophical worldviews, (c) degree of mixed methodologies in peer-reviewed literature, and (d) epistemological considerations. The researchers also proposed the following three challenges: (a) an issue existed regarding inconsistency in contemporary organizational responses toward workplace misinterpretations of conflict, (b) a universal agreement did not exist regarding the meaning of workplace well-being, and (c) a significant use of situational leadership models, combined with the other two challenges, perpetuated the reliance on the concept of well-being as a buzzword instead of an actual goal worthy of consideration. Furthermore, solutions to the challenges included organizational forums and epistemological consideration

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