Good Health and Well-being: Models, Trends, and Challenges for Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

Abstract

Good health and well-being have become transient issues and challenges in the process of human resource management. Due to the rapidly changing and complex nature of the administrative environment, human resource personnel who work under situational organizational structures have more diverse needs than those working under traditional organizational structures. Such changes have become a significant challenge for bureaucratic organizational structures staffed by civil servant personnel. Therefore, the objectives of this academic article consisted of 1) explaining the characteristics and models of good health and well-being, and 2) presenting an analysis of the trends and challenges involved in human resource management in the public sector on the issues of good health and well-being. The study was based on documentary analysis and literature related to good health and well-being as well as human resource management in the public sector. According to the results of the study, 1) the characteristics and models of good health and well-being have an important basis in changing the perspective of employees from previously separating between work and personal life to the idea that their personal life also plays an important role in work performance, and  2) the trends and challenges of human resource management in the public sector relating to good health and well-being are in 4 dimensions, (1) including employee engagement (2) mental health at work (3) training and development and (4) performance management.