Do Multicomponent Workplace Health and Wellbeing Programs Predict Changes in Health and Wellbeing?
Kevin Daniels1, Roberta Fida1, Martin Stepanek2
1Employment Systems and Institutions Group, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|September 10, 2021
Summary
Organizations adopting more health and wellbeing practices see improved worker psychological wellbeing. Extensive workplace programs benefit employees
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Public Health
Background:
- Organizations implement diverse health and wellbeing practices.
- Understanding the structure and impact of these programs is crucial for employee health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine if workplace health and wellbeing practices form archetypal categories or a continuum.
- To examine if adopting multiple practices predicts changes in employee health and wellbeing.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of survey data from 146 organizations.
- Two-wave multilevel survey data from 6968 individuals across 58 organizations.
- Examined the relationship between the extent of practice adoption and changes in psychological and physical wellbeing.
Main Results:
- Organizational differences in practices are best described by a continuum of adoption.
- Organizations with a wider range of practices showed improved psychological wellbeing for workers with poor baseline wellbeing.
- Good baseline physical health was better maintained in organizations with more extensive programs.
Conclusions:
- The extent of health and wellbeing practice adoption, rather than distinct categories, characterizes organizational differences.
- Broader implementation of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives is associated with positive employee health outcomes.
- No evidence was found for a buffering effect of multiple practices against workplace psychosocial hazards.
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