Organizational Wellness Program Implementation and Evaluation: A Holistic Approach to Improve the Wellbeing of Middle Managers. Issue 6 (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Medina, Maria del Consuelo; Calderon, Angelica; Blunk, Dan I.; Mills, Brandy W.; Leiner, Marie
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 60:Issue 6(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: coping strategies -- middle level managers -- prevention -- training -- wellness; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001306
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : N/A: Employee wellness programs can provide benefits to institutions as well as employees and their families. Despite the attempts of some organizations to implement programs that take a holistic approach to improve physical, mental, and social wellness, the most common programs are exclusively comprised of physical and nutritional components. In this study, we implemented a wellness program intervention, including training using a holistic approach to improve the wellbeing of middle managers in several multinational organizations. We included control and experimental groups to measure wellness and teamwork with two repeated measures. Our results indicated that employees receiving the intervention had improved measures of wellness and teamwork. A positive relationship was found between wellness and teamwork in the experimental group when compared with the control group. Taken together, the data suggest that implementation of these programs would provide valuable outcomes for both employees and organizations.