Kotze (2005) states that quality of work-life has two objectives: “to humanize the workplace
and to improve the quality of job experience of employees”, and “to improve productiveness
and efficiency of the organization”. Thus, the quality of work-life is both a response to the
needs of employees as well as organizational needs, and a method or a series of measures to
improve the conditions of working. A productive employee is a person who is efficient, who
is devoted to his work and his organization, and who has ideal characteristics for an
employee. Employees with lower quality of work-life are people who lack motivation for
work, fail to show good performance at work, are not committed to their employers and
organizations, are generally late for work, and also who frequently change their jobs (Efraty et
al. 2000). Departing from the idea that the more committed the employees are to the
organization the stronger an organization gets, the organizations attach importance to prevent
their employees resign from the organization, to have their employees strongly commit
themselves to organizational goals and objectives, to have them show considerable effort, and
to ensure a unity among their employees and the organization itself so as to sustain their
efficiency, reputation and prestige in society. Therefore, the organizations are supposed to
increase the quality of work-life of their employees.