Wellbeing at work is
a popular topic to attract and retain talent. Nevertheless, its relationship
with organisational culture remains complex.
This exploratory study sought to
offer a pathway for SMEs to explore organizational culture and wellbeing at
work, using mission, vision, and values, as motivational factors within a
corporate culture. SMEs constitute over 99% of businesses in the European Union
and Spain, where wellbeing at work is not generally addressed. This
quantitative study focused on employee's perception of wellbeing at work at
Spanish SMEs. Results offer information that can be used to address the
situation as they indicated that wellbeing at work’s perception decreases when
internal communication and coordination across different layers are lacking. A perception gap of wellbeing at work exists
between senior managers and other employees. The level of wellbeing at work declines
as company size increases,
and salary does not appear to influence wellbeing from an organisational
culture perspective. Further research is required to validate these findings
and confirm the role of mission, vision, and values as a valid path to explore
inconsistencies at the strategic level of wellbeing at work and corporate
culture.
