International Journal of Workplace Health Management: Volume 12 Issue 5

Messaging, monetary incentives, and participation in wellness programs

Helena Szrek, Vlad Gyster, Phil Darnowsky, Ana Rita Farias

Many companies in the USA have corporate wellness programs but are having trouble encouraging employees to take part in these programs. Even with monetary incentives, many…

Well-being at work from a multilevel perspective: what is the role of personality traits?

Annick Parent-Lamarche, Alain Marchand

It is of great importance for organizations to identify what can influence employees’ well-being. The theoretical model that the authors propose combines psychological and social…

The effects of leaders’ behaviors on employees’ resilience

Reza Salehzadeh

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new typology for classifying the leaders’ behaviors and investigate the effects of leaders’ behaviors on employees’ resilience.

Conceal or reveal? Patterns of self-disclosure of long-term conditions at work by health professionals in a large regional Australian health service

David Lindsay, Daryl Brennan, Daniel Lindsay, Colin Holmes, Wendy Smyth

The purpose of this paper is to describe the patterns of self-disclosure of long-term conditions at work by health professionals in a large regional health service. Recent…

Development and validation of employee wellbeing scale – a formative measurement model

Puja Khatri, Pragya Gupta

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize a suitable measure for the employee wellbeing construct and validate this tool in Indian workplace settings, especially with…

Implementation of sit-stand desks as a workplace health initiative: stakeholder views

Jennifer Hall, Tess Kay, Alison K. McConnell, Louise Mansfield

Prolonged workplace sitting can harm employee health. Sit-stand desks are a potential workplace health initiative that might reduce and break up the time office-based employees…

In flight again with wings that were once broken; effects of post-traumatic growth and personal resources on burnout recovery

Judith Semeijn, Joris Van Ruysseveldt, Greet Vonk, Tinka van Vuuren

Adequate recovery from burnout is important to understand. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether post-traumatic growth (PTG) contributes to higher engagement and…