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Creating healthy organizations : taking action to improve employee well-being / Graham Lowe.

By: Lowe, Graham S [author.].
Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, ©2020Edition: Revised and expanded edition.Description: 346 p: illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1487505159; 9781487505158.Subject(s): Employee motivation | Job satisfaction | Employee health promotion | Quality of work life | Leadership | Corporate culture | Organizational changeGenre/Form: Print books.Issued also in electronic format.
Contents:
The Healthy Organization -- Beyond Workplace Health Promotion -- How Vibrant Workplaces Inspire Employees -- Positive Culture -- Inclusive Leadership -- Healthy Change -- Sustainable Success -- Measuring Progress -- A Practical Guide to Creating a Healthier Organization.
Summary: "How can you future-proof your organization by making it humanly sustainable? Creating Healthy Organizations answers this question, showing how to forge stronger links between employee well-being and the future success of any organization. The book makes a compelling case for resilient and humanly sustainable businesses by focusing on improving employees' well-being. Employee stress, burnout, work-life conflict, and disengagement remain significant workplace problems. Yet, there are important signs of progress. The healthy organization concept has begun moving into the mainstream of corporate wellness. Scholarly research has advanced beyond making a business case for workplace health promotion to showing how successful interventions are based on a culture of health and closer ties with occupational health and safety. More companies are addressing mental health issues, striving to make workplaces psychologically healthy and safe. Expanded environmental sustainability frameworks provide an opening for the more sustainable use of human resources. As well, extensive tools are now available in many countries to guide actions aimed at developing healthy, safe, and thriving workplaces. These recent workplace trends and resources highlight the need for an updated, concise, integrated, and practical analysis of the challenges of creating a healthier organization, the hurdles that must be overcome along the way, and the key success factors that can guide the improvement process. Creating Healthy Organizations, Revised and Expanded Edition fills this gap in knowledge and practice, guiding those committed to making their organizations healthier."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Healthy Organization -- Beyond Workplace Health Promotion -- How Vibrant Workplaces Inspire Employees -- Positive Culture -- Inclusive Leadership -- Healthy Change -- Sustainable Success -- Measuring Progress -- A Practical Guide to Creating a Healthier Organization.

"How can you future-proof your organization by making it humanly sustainable? Creating Healthy Organizations answers this question, showing how to forge stronger links between employee well-being and the future success of any organization. The book makes a compelling case for resilient and humanly sustainable businesses by focusing on improving employees' well-being. Employee stress, burnout, work-life conflict, and disengagement remain significant workplace problems. Yet, there are important signs of progress. The healthy organization concept has begun moving into the mainstream of corporate wellness. Scholarly research has advanced beyond making a business case for workplace health promotion to showing how successful interventions are based on a culture of health and closer ties with occupational health and safety. More companies are addressing mental health issues, striving to make workplaces psychologically healthy and safe. Expanded environmental sustainability frameworks provide an opening for the more sustainable use of human resources. As well, extensive tools are now available in many countries to guide actions aimed at developing healthy, safe, and thriving workplaces. These recent workplace trends and resources highlight the need for an updated, concise, integrated, and practical analysis of the challenges of creating a healthier organization, the hurdles that must be overcome along the way, and the key success factors that can guide the improvement process. Creating Healthy Organizations, Revised and Expanded Edition fills this gap in knowledge and practice, guiding those committed to making their organizations healthier."--

Issued also in electronic format.

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