Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic
The workplace offers an ideal setting for promoting health and well-being. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently published guidelines and recommendations for promoting mental health and well-being in the workplace based on the latest empirical evidence. However, little is known regarding...
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| description | The workplace offers an ideal setting for promoting health and well-being. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently published guidelines and recommendations for promoting mental health and well-being in the workplace based on the latest empirical evidence. However, little is known regarding its alignment with current practices within organisations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which mental health and well-being initiatives implemented in organisations outside the context of a formal research evaluation align with the WHO Guidelines for Mental Health at Work. Other objectives of the study are to identify trends within current initiatives and to explore whether the number or types of initiatives align with the WHO Guidelines, depending on the size of the organisation. The study used a secondary data analysis approach for a series of case studies collected over a three-year period (2020 to 2022). A total of 333 well-being initiatives from 52 Polish and international organisations were described. The results show a wide variety of initiatives undertaken by organisations, most of which are universal individual intervention types and are implemented by large organisations. A discussion of the strengths, gaps, and opportunities for future implementation and subsequent alignment with the latest evidence-based recommendations is provided. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4bc60096d414502be7ab73633968c3f2024-04-15T19:01:53ZengUniversity of Split, Faculty of EconomicsManagement : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues1331-01941846-33632023-01-0128Special Issue294010.30924/mjcmi.28.si.3Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemicDorota Molek-Winiarska0Caleb Leduc1Barbara Chomątowska2Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Department of Human Resource ManagementSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, IrelandWroclaw University of Economics and Business, Department of Production and Labour ManagementThe workplace offers an ideal setting for promoting health and well-being. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently published guidelines and recommendations for promoting mental health and well-being in the workplace based on the latest empirical evidence. However, little is known regarding its alignment with current practices within organisations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which mental health and well-being initiatives implemented in organisations outside the context of a formal research evaluation align with the WHO Guidelines for Mental Health at Work. Other objectives of the study are to identify trends within current initiatives and to explore whether the number or types of initiatives align with the WHO Guidelines, depending on the size of the organisation. The study used a secondary data analysis approach for a series of case studies collected over a three-year period (2020 to 2022). A total of 333 well-being initiatives from 52 Polish and international organisations were described. The results show a wide variety of initiatives undertaken by organisations, most of which are universal individual intervention types and are implemented by large organisations. A discussion of the strengths, gaps, and opportunities for future implementation and subsequent alignment with the latest evidence-based recommendations is provided.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/446911WHO Guidelinesmental healthinterventionwork-related stresswell-being |
| spellingShingle | Dorota Molek-Winiarska Caleb Leduc Barbara Chomątowska Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic Management : Journal of Contemporary Management Issues WHO Guidelines mental health intervention work-related stress well-being |
| title | Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| title_full | Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| title_short | Alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with WHO’s “guidelines for mental health at work”: A secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| title_sort | alignment of workplace wellbeing initiatives with who s guidelines for mental health at work a secondary data analysis from three years of the pandemic |
| topic | WHO Guidelines mental health intervention work-related stress well-being |
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