A Study of the Relationship between Employees Quality of The of Work Life and Their Emotional-Mental Learning

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Mental-emotional conflict of the employees need interactive mutual attempts both by employees and the organizations. It requires the physical, emotional, and conscious presence of the employees at their work. This research is intended to study the relationship between employees’ quality of work life and their mental-emotional conflicts. Research population included 214 employees at Kashi Niloofar Esfahan. Walton’s standardized questionnaire was employed to appraise the components of life quality as well as Towers Perrin mental-emotional conflict questionnaire. The data was analyzed through structural equation method using SPSS21 and PLS2.0 Smart. The results indicated that work life quality positively affects mental-emotional conflict (0.683).

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