Organizational Behavior and Increasing Burden of Obese Employee in India

Abstract

An employee with any form of ailment may not be able to
contribute productively for the company and as a whole it
affects adversely the country economy. There are evidences
coming across India that overweight and obesity are
significantly associated with adverse work conditions which is
further origin of many diseases. In India, globalization has
created new paradigm in organizational culture as prolonged
working hours and sedentary lifestyle to achieve the
organizational targets have become part of the day for
employee especially working in corporate sectors. By doing
this study, researcher wanted to understand the
organizational behavior and identify the occupational
hazards causing overweight and obesity. Researcher
measured the sociodemographic and behavior related
variables among selected samples to understand the
employee perception. Two stage sampling method was
adopted to identify the samples on set inclusion criteria. After
analyzing the response received through qualitative and
quantitative questionnaire, study suggests that there is
significant relation between organizational behavior and
overall wellbeing of the employee. Findings of this study
may help the policy makers, public and private organizations
to revisit their organizational policy and develop pro health
work culture. As the companies have employee of diverse
background therefore further study is required to establish
correlations.