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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Existing Total Worker Health (TWH) literature lacks a validated scale for assessing workplace perceptions.
  • Organizational climate theory provides a foundation for understanding worker perceptions of health and safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Total Worker Health Climate (TWH-c) Scale.
  • To measure workers' perceptions of the organizational priority of safety, physical health, and mental well-being.
  • To address the gap in TWH literature regarding validated assessment tools.

Main Methods:

  • Development of novel physical and mental well-being subclimate scales integrated with a safety climate scale.
  • Item generation through literature review, cognitive interviews, and expert evaluations.
  • Psychometric validation using factor analyses across multiple samples and criterion-related validity assessments.

Main Results:

  • The 40-item TWH-c Scale includes subscales for safety, physical health, and mental well-being.
  • Each subclimate demonstrated significant relationships with relevant outcomes at individual, unit, and organizational levels.
  • The overall TWH-c score was associated with domain-specific and unique job-related outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • The TWH-c Scale is the first psychometrically validated tool for assessing organizational climate related to Total Worker Health.
  • This scale provides an efficient method for evaluating TWH as a holistic workplace climate.
  • The findings support the scale's utility for research and practical applications in promoting worker well-being.