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Workplace Wellbeing Programs: If You Build It They May Not Come...Because It's Not What They Really Need!, Gordon B. Spence
Workplace Wellbeing Programs: If You Build It They May Not Come...Because It's Not What They Really Need!, Gordon B. Spence
Sydney Business School - Papers
Public and private sector interest in employee wellbeing has grown steadily in the past 20 years. Arguably the most visible manifestation of this interest is workplace health promotion and wellbeing (WorkWell) programs, which can be found in various guises within many contemporary organisations. Despite their recent proliferation, research in this area has focused mainly on how participation in these programs impacts upon a narrow range of factors related to finance (e.g. health care costs) and productivity (e.g. absenteeism). Whilst the focus of these programs is invariably positive (insofar as they aim to improve physical, psychological and social functioning), it cannot …