Committed leadership: a prerequisite for successful implementation of recovery during the workday
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Managers and inspirers are key to integrating workplace recovery activities. Their leadership, through structural and cultural factors, significantly promotes employee wellbeing and enhances work recovery in primary healthcare settings.
Area Of Science
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Primary Health Care Management
- Workplace Wellbeing Research
Background
- Workplace recovery interventions are crucial for employee wellbeing but are under-researched.
- The role of local change agents, such as managers and designated inspirers, in facilitating recovery is not well understood.
Purpose Of The Study
- To explore the role of managers and inspirers in integrating recovery-enhancing activities into daily work within primary healthcare.
- To identify factors that promote or hinder the implementation of workplace recovery interventions.
Main Methods
- Qualitative interview study involving two focus groups and two individual interviews.
- Ten managers and inspirers from primary healthcare centers participated.
- Data were analyzed using systematic text condensation.
Main Results
- Leadership perspective revealed two key themes: structural promoting factors (authorization, communication, integration) and cultural promoting factors (attitude, support, open-mindedness).
- Integrated recovery initiatives positively impacted both individual and group levels.
- Findings highlight the importance of investing in workplace recovery.
Conclusions
- Managers and inspirers play a vital role in fostering a recovery-supportive work environment.
- Understanding and leveraging leadership factors can enhance the development of workplace interventions for recovery.
- This study contributes valuable insights into work recovery research by emphasizing the significance of local drivers.
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