Roy, Suddhabrata Deb
Contemporary capitalism and employee well-being beyond hedonic and eudemonic approaches: Moving towards a humanist alternative
- ASCI: Journal of Management
- 50(2), Sep, 2021: p.87-98
The well-being of the employees is a critical aspect of all organizations. However, hedonic and Eudaimonic approaches remain the dominant modes of theorising the well-being of employees in human resource management theory and practices. This paper argues that the contemporary modes of capitalist and neoliberal reorganisation of the society and the workspaces therein demand a renewed approach toward well-being – one that goes beyond the two traditional methods. Using arguments from critical management studies, the paper provides a basic framework of movement of the theoretical premise of well-being towards a humanist alternative. – Reproduced