Enhancing Job Performance and Mental Health Through Organizational Nurturing Culture

Nurturing culture in an organization is represented by the common practices of attention, recognition, and appreciation about employees’ skill, performance, and work and life quality in the workplace. To clarify the contributions of culture and their variations among employees, 765 employees were surveyed for the study in all 14 work units of a social service organization in Hong Kong, China. Results showed the expected contributions of organizational nurturing culture of the work unit to the employee’s job performance and mental health. Furthermore, results revealed that such contributions are weaker with regard to an employee with a higher education or income.