Open AccessCharacter Strengths and Psychological Well-Being in Workers of a Food Company
Author(s) -
Veronica Cantell Rojas,
Ana Maria Alejandra Herrera Espinosa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2017.v13n35p179
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , scope (computer science) , psychology , strengths and weaknesses , relevance (law) , function (biology) , social psychology , applied psychology , marketing , business , political science , mathematics , computer science , geometry , evolutionary biology , law , biology , programming language
The study of character strengths and psychological well-being shows the relevance of creating and maintining healthy organizations by promoting and caring for people´s optimal physical and mental function. The present study has a quantitative approach with a descriptive-correlational scope and it was carried out in a company of the agri-food sector with the participation of 95 employees. The application of instruments was carried out in a period of three weeks in two different forms: in person and written down. The results show the close relationship between the presence of Character Strengths and optimal well-being.