In the past two decades, the workplace has undergone landmark changes, transforming both the employees' and employer's expectations. What is emerging is a new employment contract which, forces employers to offer increased job autonomy, opportunities for continuous learning, participation in decision-making, flexible schedules and more. In this new work climate health promotion practitioners need to integrate with other areas of the organization to work on one common goal: providing benefits and programming to meet the needs of current employees and to attract strong new hires. The ACT Project is a large worksite intervention study of a national retail organization. The intervention is based on a model that hypothesizes: organizational level action impacts one or more of three domains (job design, organizational climate, job future), which produce changes in employee perceptions and expectations, ultimately impacting organizational effectiveness. A data-driven, problem-solving intervention process was designed that starts with a healthy organization audit. Then a team-based problem-solving process is used to develop, implement, and evaluate a customized action plan that addresses issues most important to employees and the organization. A process evaluation has been conducted that included a survey, field notes, and focus group and individual interviews. Issues health promotion practitioners need to consider when planning and implementing organizational initiatives in this new work climate include: organizational communication, employee participation, organizational support, accountability, and organizational integration. Health promotion practitioners must be flexible, knowledgeable about organizational issues, willing to embrace new initiatives and address new expectations on the part of both employers and employees. See www.coe.uga.edu/workplacehealth
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify 5-stages of a data-driven, problem-solving intervention that impacts the health and well-being of both the organization and the employees. 2. Apply lessons learned in planning and implementing organizational initiatives from this large worksite intervention.
Keywords: Worksite, Intervention
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.