Does workplace health promotion contribute to job stress reduction? Three-year findings from Partnering Healthy@Work.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace health promotion (WHP) has been proposed as a preventive intervention for job stress, possibly operating by promoting positive organizational culture or via programs promoting healthy lifestyles. The aim of this study was to investigate whether job stress changed over time in association with the availability of, and/or participation in a comprehensive WHP program (Healthy@Work).

Method

This observational study was conducted in a diverse public sector organization (~28,000 employees). Using a repeated cross-sectional design with models corroborated using a cohort of repeat responders, self-report survey data were collected via a 40 % employee population random sample in 2010 (N = 3406) and 2013 (N = 3228). Outcomes assessed were effort and reward (self-e

SUBMITTER: Jarman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4690240 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature