Work and Human Resource Management

A typical project is an assessment of the quality-of-work life in a given organization. Specifically, the study would assess employees' satisfaction with various aspects of their job and the employer organization in relation to the employees' overall quality of life. The objective of this research is to identify important organizational aspects that employees feel dissatisfied with and help develop organizational programs that can enhance the quality of life of employees. Publications supporting this program of studies generated by OQOLM:

Singhapakdi, Anusorn, Dong-Jin Lee, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Kalayanee Senasu (2015). "The Impact of Incongruity between an Organization’s CSR Orientation and Its Employees’ Quality of Work Life." Journal of Business Research, 68(1), 60-66.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2013). "The Pleasant Life, the Engaged Life, and the Meaningful Life: What about the Balanced Life? In The Exploration of Happiness", edited by Antonella Dell Fave. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Publishers, pp. 175-192
Kara, Derya, Muzaffer Uysal, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Gyumin Lee (2013). "The Effects of Leadership Style on Employee Well-Being in Hospitality," International Journal of Hospitality Management, 34(September), 9-18.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Nora P. Reilly, Jiyun Wu, and David Efraty (2012). "A Review of Quality-of-Work-Life (QWL) Programs." Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Studies, edited by Kenneth Land, Springer Publishers.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Jiyun Wu (2009). "The Pleasant Life, the Engaged Life, and the Meaningful Life: What about the Balanced Life?" Journal of Happiness Studies, 10(2), 183-196.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Nora Reilly, Jiyun Wu, and David Efraty (2008). "A Work-Life Identity Model of Well-Being: Towards a Research Agenda Linking Quality-of-Work-Life (QWL) Programs with Quality of Life (QOL)." Applied Research in Quality of Life, 3(3), 181-202.
Lee, Dong-Jin, Anusorn Singapakdi, and M. Joseph Sirgy (2007). "Further Validation of a Need-based Quality-of-Work-Life (QWL) Measure: Evidence from Marketing Practitioners." Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2(4), 273-287.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Nora P. Reilly, Jiyun Wu, and David Efraty (2007). "A Review of Quality-of-Work-Life (QWL) Programs." Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Studies, edited by Kenneth Land, Springer Publishers.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2006). "Developing a Conceptual Framework of Employee Well-being (EWB) by Applying Goal Concepts and Findings from Personality-Social Psychology." Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1, 7-38.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Dong-Jin Lee, and Nora Reilly (2006). "Highlighting the Concept of Well-Being in Business." Die Unternehmung-Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 60(1), 61-76.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (2006). "Quality of Work Life." Encyclopedia of Career Development, edited by Gerry Callanan. Sage Publications.
Sirgy, M. Joseph and Dong-Jin Lee (2006). "Well-Being." Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, edited by Robert W. Kolb. Sage Publications.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, Dong-Jin Lee, David Efraty, and Phillip Siegel (2002). "A Study of Quality of Work Life (QWL), Spiritual Well-being, and Life Satisfaction." Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance, edited by R. A. Giacalone and C. L. Jurkiewicz, M. E. Shapre Publishers, pp. 209-230.
Sirgy, M. Joseph, David Efraty, Phillip Siegel, and Dong-Jin Lee (2000), "A New Measure of Quality of Work Life (QWL) Based on Need Satisfaction and Spillover Theories." Social Indicators Research, 55 (September), 241-302.
Efraty, David, M. Joseph Sirgy, and Phillip Siegel (2000), "The Job/Life Satisfaction Relationship Among Professional Accountants: Psychological Determinants and Demographic Differences," Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research, edited by Ed Diener and Don R. Rahtz, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 129-157.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (1996). "The Democratic Corporation: Russell L. Ackoff." Journal of Macromarketing, 16 (Spring), 160-162.
Efraty, David and M. Joseph Sirgy (1995). "Occupational Prestige and Bureacration Effects on the Spillover Between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: Reconceptualization." New Dimensions of Marketing and Quality-of-Life Research, Joseph Sirgy and A. C. Samli, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 253-266.
Efraty, David, M. Joseph Sirgy, and C. B. Claiborne (1991). "The Effects of Alientation on Organizational Identification: A Quality-of-Life Model." Journal of Business and Psychology, 6 (Fall), 57-78.
Sirgy, M. Joseph (1991). "Quality-of-Life Studies in Marketing and Management: An Overview." Journal of Business and Psychology, 6 (Fall), 3-8.
Efraty, David and M. Joseph Sirgy (1990). "The Effects of Quality of Working Life (QWL) on Employee Behavioral Responses." Social Indicators Research, 22(1), 31-47.
Efraty, David and M. Joseph Sirgy (1990). "Job Satisfaction and Life satisfaction Among Professionals and Paraprofessionals." Quality-of-Life Studies in Marketing and Management, edited by H. Lee Meadow and M. Joseph Sirgy, Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech, Center for Strategy and Marketing Studies, pp. 157-169.
Hafer, John and M. Joseph Sirgy (1983). "Professional Growth versus Personal Growth of Salespersons: A general Systems Model." Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, 3(November), 22-30.