Workplace Conditions and its Influence on the Employees: The Case of East-Central Africa Division of the SDA Church.

Abstract

Health is fundamental to human wellbeing and work is an integral part of one’s life.  Wrongful manipulation of the work environment introduces hazards that make the environment unsafe and can threating health and wellbeing. The workplace must be conducive for the worker to performs his or her work to ensure safety, optimum health and productivity. It has been established that people are both affected by their work environment and experiences as a result of wrong working policy regulating the work environment.

The study combined both qualitative and quantitative methods to critically analyze the conditions prevailing at the workplace of the East-Central Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its impact on the health and wellbeing of the employees.

About 74% of the respondent indicated that they work in a flexible working environment, which encourages and enhances health. The organization has working policy favorable to employee health and wellbeing. The study found that 75% of the employees are very happy at their current workplace environment and would like to continue working there, while 5.7% said they are not happy and would not like to continue working in their current workplace and 19.3% remained undecided. The study will help create the needed necessary awareness in the organization that could enhance employees’ health and wellbeing at the workplace.

Key Words: Workplace, Conditions, Health, Wellbeing,