Abstract
Objectives: The quality of work life influences the well-being, productivity, and satisfaction of workers. We aim to analyze how resilience, gratitude, social support, sociodemographic, occupational, and health factors impact the quality of work life of municipal employees.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive analysis was conducted on 374 municipal employees between June and November 2023. Sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle variables, occupational factors, the gratitude questionnaire, and scales of resilience, social support, and quality of work life were collected. A sequential multiple linear regression was performed to determine the influence of the collected variables on the quality of work life. The study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of Granada (record number 5/23).
Results: Significant relationships were found between quality of work life and perceived health, experience, resilience, gratitude, social support, and levels of stress and job satisfaction.
Conclusions: Resilience, gratitude, social support, lower stress, and higher job satisfaction are positively associated with better quality of work life. Occupational health nursing plays a key role in improving well-being in the work environment, using tools such as social support, gratitude, and recognition.
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