2024, Vol. 9, Special Issue 1

With a view to generate ideas for potential research in subjective well-being of working adults, an attempt has been made to uncover qualitative data regarding the area. Subjective Well-Being (SWB) is defined as a person’s cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life. SWB is the scientific term for happiness found by summation of one’s life satisfaction, experience of positive affect and negative affect measured using standard tools. The paper primarily discusses the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well-being of 60 numbers of adults selected from a base of 384 numbers of adults working in different professions from Jorhat, Assam, using Principle of saturation and Maximum variation sampling. Qualitative data was collected using an interview guide and the constructed questions had evolved throughout the sessions of interviews, according to the emerging pathways of information from the respondents. This helped to address optimum areas of response related to the area of study. Interviews were conducted until point of saturation, which means interviewing until no new information or themes of information emerged from the data collected. Thematic analysis with Inductive approach was used and steps given by American Psychological Association for qualitative study were used. The findings of the study are three main themes extracted from the analysis- a. Work plays a key construct in the experience of life satisfaction b. Balance between and within work and life can predict life satisfaction experienced by an individual c. Positive outlook and pro-social behaviour can facilitate greater life satisfaction. The paper discusses in detail the perspective of the samples within each central theme and concluded with how organizations can be strategic in creating a holistic work culture that fosters subjective well-being of the employees.