TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the Impact of The Live Healthy, Work Healthy Program on Organizational Outcomes
T2 - A Randomized Field Experiment
AU - Haynes, Nicholas J.
AU - Vandenberg, Robert J.
AU - Wilson, Mark G.
AU - DeJoy, David M.
AU - Padilla, Heather M.
AU - Smith, Matthew Lee
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (5R01HL122330). Clinical Trial registration: November, 2015; NCT02409056.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Psychological Association
PY - 2021/12/23
Y1 - 2021/12/23
N2 - The prevalence of chronic health conditions is increasing, with over half the current workforce attempting to manage one or more chronic conditions. The Live Healthy, Work Healthy (LHWH) program is a version of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program translated to the workplace, with the goal of improving and sustaining the health, well-being, and productivity of employees living with chronic health conditions. Using organizational support theory as a theoretical framework and a clustered randomized controlled trial design, this article demonstrates how the LHWH program positively impacts work-related quality of life, orientations toward the organization, and organizational cognitions and behaviors. Participants in the program experienced increases in perceived organizational support (POS), with a large intervention effect. Direct intervention effects were also found for burnout, work engagement, work ability, affective organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors. Within-person changes in POS during the intervention was a key mechanism through which participants of the program experienced changes in organizationally relevant outcomes. Finally, offering the program on work time strengthened these effects indirectly through greater changes in POS during the intervention period. This article provides evidence to researchers and organizational decision-makers that offering the LHWH program not only improves the health and well-being of employees but also improves important organizational outcomes.
AB - The prevalence of chronic health conditions is increasing, with over half the current workforce attempting to manage one or more chronic conditions. The Live Healthy, Work Healthy (LHWH) program is a version of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program translated to the workplace, with the goal of improving and sustaining the health, well-being, and productivity of employees living with chronic health conditions. Using organizational support theory as a theoretical framework and a clustered randomized controlled trial design, this article demonstrates how the LHWH program positively impacts work-related quality of life, orientations toward the organization, and organizational cognitions and behaviors. Participants in the program experienced increases in perceived organizational support (POS), with a large intervention effect. Direct intervention effects were also found for burnout, work engagement, work ability, affective organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors. Within-person changes in POS during the intervention was a key mechanism through which participants of the program experienced changes in organizationally relevant outcomes. Finally, offering the program on work time strengthened these effects indirectly through greater changes in POS during the intervention period. This article provides evidence to researchers and organizational decision-makers that offering the LHWH program not only improves the health and well-being of employees but also improves important organizational outcomes.
KW - Chronic health conditions
KW - Perceived organizational support
KW - Translational research
KW - Workplace wellness intervention
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U2 - 10.1037/apl0000977
DO - 10.1037/apl0000977
M3 - Article
C2 - 34941287
AN - SCOPUS:85122380643
VL - 107
SP - 1758
EP - 1780
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
SN - 0021-9010
IS - 10
ER -