A Systematic Review of the Impact of Wellbeing and Mental Health on Employee Performance
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https://doi.org/10.54518/fid.4.1.2026.1412Keywords:
Employee Performance, Mental Health, Systematic Literature Review, Workplace Well-beingAbstract
Workplace well-being and mental health are increasingly recognized as important factors influencing employee performance in modern organizations. This study aims to analyze the influence of workplace well-being and mental health on employee performance. This research employs a systematic literature review method using the PRISMA approach, which includes the stages of identification, screening, and eligibility selection of articles obtained from Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. From an initial search result of 47 articles, after removing duplicates and screening based on relevance and inclusion–exclusion criteria, 17 scientific articles published in the period 2021–2025 and aligned with the research focus were obtained. The synthesis of the studies shows that workplace well-being and mental health each have a consistent positive relationship with employee performance. The synthesis of the reviewed studies indicates consistent and mutually reinforcing empirical evidence regarding the relationship between workplace well-being and mental health on employee performance. These findings confirm that workplace well-being and mental health play a significant role in improving employee performance.
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