AUTHOR=Hennicks Eugeny C. , Heyns Marita M. , Rothmann Sebastiaan 

TITLE=Social wellbeing profiles: associations with trust in managers and colleagues, job satisfaction, and intention to leave

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1157847

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1157847

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=This study aimed to determine latent social well-being profiles and investigate differences between the profiles in terms of trust in managers and colleagues, job satisfaction, intention to leave, and demographic variables (age and service years). Permanently employed individuals of a South African utility organization participated in the study (N = 403). The Social Well-being Scale, Workplace Trust Survey, Job Satisfaction Scale, and Turnover Intention Scale were administered. Four social well-being profiles were identified: socially disconnected (19.11%), socially challenged (31.27%), socially adequate (22.30%), and socially thriving (27.33%). Socially disconnected individuals functioned poorly across the five social well-being dimensions, indicating significant struggles. Socially challenged individuals had mixed scores across the dimensions. Socially thriving individuals functioned well across all five dimensions, indicating strong and positive social well-being, while socially adequate individuals were moderate on the five dimensions. Individuals in the socially thriving profile were significantly more inclined to trust their managers and colleagues than those in the other profiles. Moreover, the individuals in the socially thriving profile were significantly more inclined to experience job satisfaction and had lower intentions to leave than individuals in the other social well-being profiles. Two demographic variables, namely, age and service years, were associated with profile membership.