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Managerial style and health promotion programs

K Witte1

  • 1Department of Speech Communication, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4234.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Organizations with democratic management styles are more likely to adopt worksite health promotion programs. This study explains adoption rates using a diffusion of innovation framework and a new Organizational Management Style scale.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Health Promotion

Background:

  • Worksite health promotion programs are crucial for employee well-being.
  • Understanding organizational factors influencing program adoption is essential.
  • Existing research lacks a clear framework for adoption correlates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify organizational correlates of worksite health promotion programs.
  • To interpret these correlates within a diffusion of innovation framework.
  • To develop and validate the Organizational Management Style (OMS) scale.

Main Methods:

  • Surveyed 500 California organizations via telephone interviews.
  • Assessed corporate management styles and health care strategies.
  • Utilized a diffusion of innovation framework for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Organizational management style significantly correlates with health promotion program prevalence and future plans.
  • Democratic management styles are associated with higher likelihood of planning, adopting, and implementing programs compared to authoritarian styles.
  • The Organizational Management Style (OMS) scale was developed and validated.

Conclusions:

  • Management style is a key determinant in the adoption of worksite health promotion programs.
  • Findings support diffusion of innovation and social control theories in explaining adoption patterns.
  • Results offer practical insights for organizations seeking to implement health promotion initiatives.

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