Mental health and individual and organisational outcomes: A latent profile analysis

Abstract

This study aimed to identify latent mental health profiles for managers in agribusinesses. Additionally, we aimed to investigate how these profiles differed regarding the managers’ job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour, and intention to leave. Managers (N = 507) from agribusinesses in South Africa participated in the study. The managers self-reported their demographic information and completed the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form, the Job Satisfaction Scale, the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale, and the Turnover Intention Scale. Latent profile analysis identified the profiles of languishing, moderately languishing, moderately flourishing, and flourishing. Significant differences with regard to mental health profile were found between job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour, and intention to leave. Mental health profiles may be helpful in customising supports for managers, addressing their job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour, and intention to leave.

Keywords:

• intention to leave
• job satisfaction
• latent profile analysis
• mental health
• organisational citizenship behaviour
• well-being