Creating a Supportive Work Environment

People are dedicating most of their time on work specially at their workplace. So, having a more supportive and friendly work environment is a blessing for them. Creating a supportive work environment can enhance the productivity and engagement of employee at their work in a positive way though people are not stressed and feel bounded in many situations. (Miguel et al.,2023)

Supporting work environment is the place where employee feel satisfied and comfortable at their workplace while they were helped by the administrative bodies of the company to bring a more productive work during working time. Top to bottom level equality, mental and physical relaxation, optimistic and transparent thinking pattern, balance of work and opportunities to grow while working are some of the major characteristics of a supporting work environment. (Wu et al.,2021)

There are numerous advantages of creating a supporting work environment. It can lead to talent acquisition as people are attracted to this type of environment. And on another hand, having a supporting environment may lead to high productivity through better employee engagement and employee satisfaction. (King et al.,2021)

And also supporting work environment makes employee happy and it is believed that it led to a long way. The research which was carried out by Deloitte suggests that 88% employees and 94% executives agree with that fact. The fact was proved by the founder and CEO of Alarm Journal, Burak Ozdemir.

Creating a positive, supporting and welcoming space is not a difficult task. The first and most important concept is “All employees are human being.” To make the employees’ work environment more supporting, leaders or the respected parties should take the responsibility of initiating favorable decisions safeguarding employee health. (Couser,2008) So, the hiring process of companies should be more humane though the first impression for employee cause a great impact on their productivity. It is essential to give employee to grow and develop while working to unleash their potentials to the outside and let them to know about their growth and potentials. (Littlejohn et al.,2012) And also the employee is more functional and flexible towards the work process of the company which helps to encourage people to be supportive towards every coworker. Focusing on collaboration and communication plays a vital role in creating a supportive work environment.

And also to create more supporting environment in the workplace, it is better to invest more on training, seminar and various kind of fun activities to reduce the stress and support the employee at workplace with a comfortable environment. So, creating a supporting work environment is very important.

(Jamison, 2020) 

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