ANALYSIS OF COUNSELING AT WORKPLACE: A STUDY ON SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In today’s unstable economy, insecurity becomes the main problem for employees. Workplace counseling is providing a brief mental therapy for employees in any organization, especially Pakistan counseling service has not received sufficient consideration in most organizations. The reason for this is not isolated from the low level of response to counseling services, usually in the country. In this study, the focus group method was used. Fourteen staff members from the University of Swat, KP-Pakistan were selected for the sample of the study. The main aim of this study is to make a base for advance qualitative studies by determining the viewpoints of employees towards counseling at the workplace. The current study highlights the importance, concept of workplace counseling and provides advanced quantitative studies by determining the viewpoints of staff of university towards counseling at work different programs. Diverse types of programs are discussed in this paper and are discussed that employees might advantage from presenting such programs. Employees Assistance Programs are used in this study, which is job-related job relate programs designed to assist and identify worried personnel.