Conceptualizing Healthy Work Environments: Employees’ and Managers’ Lived Experiences of Well-Being and Organizational Resilience in Workplaces
Conceptualizing Healthy Work Environments: Employees’ and Managers’ Lived Experiences of Well-Being and Organizational Resilience in Workplaces

Summary/Abstract: This qualitative study explores how employees and managers in Israel conceptualize healthy work environments. Using reflexive thematic analysis of 14 in-depth interviews conducted in 2025, the research identifies five interconnected themes: leadership and communication, professional resources, community resilience, digital well-being, and work-life integration. The findings reveal that workplace health functions as an interdependent ecology, where leadership acts as the 'root system' filtering the impact of digital and structural demands. A key contribution is the 'Relational-Digital Nexus,' highlighting that digital boundaries are a latent psychological necessity. Moving beyond individual-centric resilience programs, this study proposes an Integrative Model of Organizational Ecology. It concludes that sustainable well-being suggests the importance of Structural Reconfiguration- embedding psychological safety and the 'Right to Disconnect' into the organization’s operational DNA and performance metrics. Framing well-being as a strategic and moral imperative, the study argues that resilient organizational structures, rather than ancillary wellness initiatives, are foundational to contemporary performance and human sustainability

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