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Association of Workplace Culture of Health and Employee Emotional Wellbeing

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  • Michele Wolf Marenus

    (School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Virgin Pulse Institute, Providence, RI 02902, USA)

  • Mary Marzec

    (Virgin Pulse Institute, Providence, RI 02902, USA)

  • Weiyun Chen

    (School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA)

Abstract

The study aimed to examine associations between workplace culture of health and employee work engagement, stress, and depression. Employees ( n = 6235) across 16 companies voluntarily completed the Workplace Culture of Health (COH) Scale and provided data including stress, depression, and biometrics through health risk assessments and screening. We used linear regression analysis with COH scores as the independent variable to predict work engagement, stress, and depression. We included age, gender, job class, organization, and biometrics as covariates in the models. The models showed that total COH scores were a significant predictor of employee work engagement ( b = 0.75, p < 0.001), stress ( b = −0.08, p < 0.001), and depression ( b = 0.08, p < 0.001). Job class was also a significant predictor of work engagement ( b = 2.18, p < 0.001), stress ( b = 0.95, p < 0.001), and depression ( b = 1.03, p = 0.02). Gender was a predictor of stress ( b = −0.32, p < 0.001). Overall, findings indicate a strong workplace culture of health is associated with higher work engagement and lower employee stress and depression independent of individual health status. Measuring cultural wellbeing supportiveness can help inform implementation plans for companies to improve the emotional wellbeing of their employees.

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  • Michele Wolf Marenus & Mary Marzec & Weiyun Chen, 2022. "Association of Workplace Culture of Health and Employee Emotional Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12318-:d:927559
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