Employee Health & Productivity Management Programs - Watson Wyatt Incentives can motivate individuals to participate in wellness programs. In 2006, only 62 percent of employers used incentives in their wellness programs. By 2008, that number increased to 71 percent. Gift cards are currently the most popular incentive offered by employers, … [Read more...] about Workplace Wellness – Top Incentives
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Wellness Programming – National Wellness Survey
Buffett & Company's 5th National Wellness Survey 91% of organizations said they offer wellness initiatives an increase from 44% in 1997 Respondents identified work-related stress as the No. 1 health risk for their organizations, followed by mental health issues, high blood pressure and non-work-related stress There is often a disconnect … [Read more...] about Wellness Programming – National Wellness Survey
Support In The Workplace
Semmer, Elfering, Jacobshagen, Perrot Background Social support, from both work-related and private sources, plays a prominent role as a protective factor for many health-related variables. Functional social support can be described as emotional (caring) or instrumental (helpful). Summary Many instrumentally supportive behaviours had … [Read more...] about Support In The Workplace
The Relationship Between Stress Symptoms and Coping Styles
Watson and Sinha Background The relationship between stress and psychological symptoms has been related to emotion regulation and coping. Coping is defined as cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person. Coping is divided into … [Read more...] about The Relationship Between Stress Symptoms and Coping Styles