Wellbeing elements in companies located in different settlement types in Hungary

This study aims to investigate how applied well-being elements and geographic location of a company/institution influence the workplace satisfaction of different working groups in Hungary. In our research, 108 companies and institutions of different sizes were selected in Budapest and in the countryside, as well as organizations with national scope in Hungary. HR managers and professionals were asked for the help of a self filling expert questionnaire. The study explores how physical, mental, and emotional support is provided in these different locations, and whether well-being-supportive technologies are utilized. Additionally, the study looks at the availability of self-development opportunities and the impact of location on the differences in real-time workforce monitoring, transparent communication, and the redefinition of HR missions. The provision of appreciation, positive feedback, contact with managers, career planning, mentoring, fringe benefits, and physical and mental health are highlighted in relation to location. Our results show that regarding the applied language of appreciation companies in the countryside are able to stay in the competition with companies located in Budapest (the capital) or the ones with nationwide scope. However, such well-being elements like real-time workforce monitoring, utilizing well-being supportive technologies, physical, mental, and emotional support of new and modern HR strategies are in seriously disadvantaged positions compared to companies located in Budapest or to those with nationwide scope. Independently of all this, we found only at companies in the countryside correlations between the satisfaction level of all three working groups and the implemented well-being dimensions and appreciation languages.