International Journal of Workplace Health Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

The promise of tailoring incentives for healthy behaviors

Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Geoffrey C Williams, Kenneth Resnicow, Lawrence C An, Amy Rothberg, Kevin G Volpp, Michele Heisler

The purpose of this paper is to describe how tailoring financial incentives for healthy behaviors to employees’ goals, values, and aspirations might improve the efficacy of…

Social capital and health and job related outcomes: the case of a large municipality

Ann-Kristina Løkke

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workplace social capital and health and job related outcomes in a large Danish municipality.

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake among manufacturing workers

Allison Rueff, John Logomarsino

Blue-collar manufacturing workers are more likely to have lifestyle risk factors, including a lower intake of fruit and vegetables, for the development of chronic diseases. The…

Evaluation of worksite policies and practices promoting nutrition and physical activity among hospital workers

Shreela V. Sharma, Courtney Winston Paolicelli, Vinu Jyothi, William Baun, Brett Perkison, Mary Phipps, Cathy Montgomery, Michael Feltovich, Julie Griffith, Veronica Alfaro, Lisa A Pompeii

As posited by the ecological model of health, improvements in the nutrition and physical activity environments of worksites may facilitate healthier dietary intakes and physical…

Identifying determinants to predict intention to complete a health risk assessment: A questionnaire development and implementation

Locke Ettinger, Ted Adams, Liz Joy, Terri Flint

The purpose of this paper is to determine which constructs (factors) will significantly predict and influence the intention to complete a health risk assessment (HRA) in a…

Presenteeism “on the desk”: The relationships with work responsibilities, work-to-family conflict and emotional exhaustion among Italian schoolteachers

Chiara Panari, Silvia Simbula

The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents and consequences of the phenomenon of presenteeism in the educational sector. Particularly, the authors tested the…

Who let the dogs in? A look at pet-friendly workplaces

Christa L Wilkin, Paul Fairlie, Souha R. Ezzedeen

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the pet-friendliness trend, because despite its growth, there has been little research on the benefits and potential risks…

Applying the demand-control-support model on burnout in managers and non-managers

Victoria Blom, Lennart Bodin, Gunnar Bergström, Pia Svedberg

The purpose of this paper is to study the demand-control-support (DCS) model on burnout in male and female managers and non-managers, taking into account genetic and shared family…