Improving the quality of work life.

The article explores how to improve an employee's quality of work life. The author presents eight conceptual categories that should be considered part of the work life environment. Regardless of how the issue of the quality of work life is approached, the diversity of human preferences, that is, the diversity relating to culture, social class, family rearing, education, and personality, should be acknowledged. The author advocates tailoring work assignments to the preferences and individual differences of employees.