This chapter presents an updated framework for Integral Organizational Wellness (IOW), expanding on previous versions to address complex workplace pressures and new stressors.
Key components of the framework include: Eleven themes of organizational well-being, categorized into Assessment, Awareness, Action, Applications, and Attractive State Competencies for Occupational Health Psychologists (OHPs) related to each theme Roles and competencies of internal well-being practitioners and allies Potential business partners and their impact on organizational wellness The influence of...
Workspaces are designed every day across the nation, whether through remodeling or new construction. Typically, the design and construction of workspaces are led by architects and construction firms, often with minimal input from the actual occupants (e.g., workers). However, when architects and designers collaborate with Total Worker Health (TWH) professionals, they can integrate health and well-being considerations from the beginning of the design process. This presentation showcases a new building project where health, safety, and well-...
Work spaces are created everyday across the nation, either by remodel or new build. Typically, the design and construction of work spaces are conceptualized and executed almost exclusively by architect and construction firms, with little input from the future occupants (e.g., workers). This doesn’t have to be the scenario occupants are faced with when architects and designers collaborate with TWH professionals on work space design. This presentation describes a new building project where health and well-being considerations were introduced at the very...
The present study explores psychosocial needs among university employees and the extent to which these needs influence employee perceptions of how work positively or negatively affects their health. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses among Norwegian faculty members (N = 11,533) suggest that needs differ in importance to the two work-related health outcomes. Multi-group analyses suggest gender differences in the level of these needs and in their degree of relationship with positive/negative work-related health. Among women, the strongest predictors of positive and negative work-...
The world of work is changing and creating challenges and opportunities for the employment inclusion of young people with disabilities. In this article, the perceptions held by young adults with disabilities regarding participation in the future of work are examined.
Design/methodology/approach
One-on-one interviews were conducted with Canadian young adults (ages 18–36 years) living with a disability. Participants were asked about their thoughts regarding the impact of the changing nature of work on their labor market involvement and career aspirations. A thematic analysis...
The digital transformation of the economy is characterized by the rapid advancement and wide-spread workplace application of digital technologies. Our study aimed to unpack how the digital transformation of the economy contributes to challenges and opportunities for the sustainable employment and health of persons living with disabilities.
Methods
One-on-one semi-structured interviews with policy makers, disability employment service providers and...
This white paper summarizes the novel methodology and preliminary findings of two focus groups the Center for Healthy Workplaces conducted in Fall 2016 to understand how undergraduate students, members of Generation Z, define seven drivers of need satisfaction—comfort, connection, equity, flexibility, privacy, predictability, and safety—and envision workplaces that support these qualities. In each focus group, participants were assigned to a single driver and worked individually and in teams to define the driver in their own words and then brainstorm, using words and images,...
HealthyWorkplaces is helping to spearhead the paradigm shift from single variable models of wellness toward an interdisciplinary model of well-being that gives prominence to the physical and psychological states that correlate with and give rise to the development and sustainability of worker health and well-being. As a think tank, with a mission to do and apply interdisciplinary research, HealthyWorkplaces seeks to re-conceptualize worker health and well-being. We seek to understand worker health and well-being less as a single variable associated exclusively with physiological indices of...
America is in the midst of a health crisis. Physical and mental health issues ranging from obesity levels, lack of physical activity, stress, anxiety and depression are growing at an alarming rate but individuals have difficulty doing it alone, and “quick fix” diets, exercise regimens, job and organization redesign have not improved Americans’ health and well-being appreciably. A review of the literature on the efficacy of different approaches to improving working Americans’ health and well-being, whether it is through preventive programs, health promotion programs, or ill-health...
The Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces (ICHW) at UC Berkeley and Transamerica Center for Health Studies® (TCHS) are releasing the new, evidence-based analysis, Increasing Participation Rates in Wellness Programs for Small and Medium Organizations Technical Report.
This report analyzes how to increase employee participation in wellness programs, especially in small and medium organizations. Methods included literature reviews, focus groups with 29 organizations, analysis of survey data, and development of an employer guide. Key findings:...
