TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational Characteristics Influence Implementation of Worksite Health Protection and Promotion Programs
T2 - Evidence from Smaller Businesses
AU - McLellan, Deborah L.
AU - Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
AU - Nelson, Candace C.
AU - Pronk, Nicolaas P.
AU - Katz, Jeffrey N.
AU - Allen, Jennifer D.
AU - Davis, Kia L.
AU - Wagner, Gregory R.
AU - Sorensen, Glorian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - We explored associations between organizational factors (size, sector, leadership support, and organizational capacity) and implementation of occupational safety and health (OSH) and worksite health promotion (WHP) programs in smaller businesses. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey of human resource managers of 117 smaller businesses (<750 employees) and analyzed factors associated with implementation of OSH and WHP among these sites using multivariate analyses. Results: Implementation of OSH, but not WHP activities, was related to industry sector (P=0.003). Leadership support was positively associated with OSH activities (P<0.001), but negatively associated with WHP implementation. Organizational capacity (budgets, staffing, and committee involvement) was associated with implementation of both OSH and WHP. Size was related to neither. Conclusions: Leadership support and specifically allocated resources reflecting that support are important factors for implementing OSH and WHP in smaller organizations.
AB - We explored associations between organizational factors (size, sector, leadership support, and organizational capacity) and implementation of occupational safety and health (OSH) and worksite health promotion (WHP) programs in smaller businesses. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey of human resource managers of 117 smaller businesses (<750 employees) and analyzed factors associated with implementation of OSH and WHP among these sites using multivariate analyses. Results: Implementation of OSH, but not WHP activities, was related to industry sector (P=0.003). Leadership support was positively associated with OSH activities (P<0.001), but negatively associated with WHP implementation. Organizational capacity (budgets, staffing, and committee involvement) was associated with implementation of both OSH and WHP. Size was related to neither. Conclusions: Leadership support and specifically allocated resources reflecting that support are important factors for implementing OSH and WHP in smaller organizations.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000517
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000517
M3 - Article
C2 - 26340290
AN - SCOPUS:84957084320
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 1009
EP - 1016
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 9
ER -