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Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention
This study is the first to demonstrate that opt-in HIV testing can be successfully delivered in the workplace within a multi-component health check. The workplace is an effective means of increasing access to HIV testing in groups at risk for HIV, including male migrant workers. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - October 8, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Perceived barriers and facilitators to workplace exercise participation
This study identifies specific barriers and facilitators to workplace exercise participation perceived by university employees. These findings can be used to inform the design and implementation of workplace exercise programmes aiming to achieve wider workplace engagement and greater exercise adherence, particularly of less active employees. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - October 3, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Control dimensions, job demands and job satisfaction: does ownership matter?
International Journal of Workplace Health Management,Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 305-318, October 2018. Purpose New ownership types in health care of welfare states raise concerns regarding psychosocial work conditions including different control dimensions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how job demands, control over work and control within work (CWW) were related to job satisfaction in publicly administered, private non-profit and private for-profit hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data came from employees at three hospitals; a publicly administered (n=774), a private non-profit (n=1,481) ...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - October 3, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Control dimensions, job demands and job satisfaction: does ownership matter?
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Ahead of Print. Purpose New ownership types in health care of welfare states raise concerns regarding psychosocial work conditions including different control dimensions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how job demands, control over work and control within work (CWW) were related to job satisfaction in publicly administered, private non-profit and private for-profit hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data came from employees at three hospitals; a publicly administered (n=774), a private non-profit (n=1,481) and a private for-profit (n=694...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - October 3, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Perceived barriers and facilitators to workplace exercise participation
This study identifies specific barriers and facilitators to workplace exercise participation perceived by university employees. These findings can be used to inform the design and implementation of workplace exercise programmes aiming to achieve wider workplace engagement and greater exercise adherence, particularly of less active employees. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - October 3, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Line managers ’ influence on employee usage of a web-based system for occupational health management
International Journal of Workplace Health Management,Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 193-209, August 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate line managers ’ influence on employee usage of a web-based system for occupational health management. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were used to measure line managers’ transformational leadership at baseline and their change-supportive managerial activities during weeks 16–52. Employee initia l (weeks 16–52) and sustained (weeks 53–144) use of the web-based system was measured by extracting their frequency of logins to the system from electronic rec...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 28, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Intervention leadership: a dynamic role that evolves in tandem with the intervention
International Journal of Workplace Health Management,Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 190-192, August 2018. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 28, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Digitalisation in the banking industry and workers subjective well-being
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how bankers perceive digitalisation relating to their subjective well-being. The paper seeks to further explore how this relation is contingent on the aspect of structural organisation represented by the concept of individualist/collectivist organisational culture. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the survey distributed to employees of 18 bank offices in the south of Sweden, which 161 employees answered. The analysis of the data was performed by descriptive statistics, principle component...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 25, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Engaging leaders at two hierarchical levels in organizational health interventions
This study can inform research into the conditions for optimizing leader engagement in organizational health interventions and beyond. Insights also emerged on the roles of leaders at different hierarchical levels and the value of perspective taking for intervention implementation. Practical implicatio ns Recommendations for bolstering the engagement of leaders in interventions are offered, that apply to all leaders or separately to leaders at strategic or operational levels. Originality/value The experiences of the intervention team who sought to engage leaders at different organizational level s to support the interven...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 25, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Health and wellness of Canadian commercial motor vehicle drivers
This study identifies gaps and key priority research areas pertaining to the H&W of the CMV sector in Canada that require further investigation. Originality/value CMV drivers are considered a vulnerable sector of the population. While drivers themselves have reported on undesirable work conditions leading to poor health, prior studies have not assessed the awareness or perspective of stakeholders involved in the CMV sector. This is the first study to capture stakeholder perspectives of the working conditions and health outcomes of CMV drivers. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 17, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Health and wellness of Canadian commercial motor vehicle drivers
This study identifies gaps and key priority research areas pertaining to the H&W of the CMV sector in Canada that require further investigation. Originality/value CMV drivers are considered a vulnerable sector of the population. While drivers themselves have reported on undesirable work conditions leading to poor health, prior studies have not assessed the awareness or perspective of stakeholders involved in the CMV sector. This is the first study to capture stakeholder perspectives of the working conditions and health outcomes of CMV drivers. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 17, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Do as you say
International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to uncover the effect of psychosocial safety climate (PSC – a climate for psychological health) on managerial quality and the mediating processes explaining that association. It is posited that the alignment between what is said (espoused PSC) and what is done (enacted PSC via managerial quality) is important for successful organizational interventions. Managers’ own psychosocial work factors act as resources to facilitate the enactment of managerial quality. Design/methodology/approach Two waves of survey were ...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 12, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Spanish and Swedish eldercare managers ’ influence on employees
This study compares the managers’ impact on employee health and job perception in two countries with different or ganizational prerequisites. Moreover, managers’ commitment and WOC were estimated by the managers themselves and did not rely on the employees’ perception, which improved ecological validity. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 6, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Spanish and Swedish eldercare managers ’ influence on employees
This study compares the managers’ impact on employee health and job perception in two countries with different or ganizational prerequisites. Moreover, managers’ commitment and WOC were estimated by the managers themselves and did not rely on the employees’ perception, which improved ecological validity. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - September 6, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research