International Journal of Workplace Health Management: Volume 11 Issue 5

Disagreements on leadership styles between supervisors and employees are related to employees’ well-being and work team outcomes

Michela Vignoli, Marco Depolo, Manuels Cifuentes, Laura Punnett

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how disagreement between supervisors and their subordinates on leadership style (transformational and transactional) is related to…

Spanish and Swedish eldercare managers’ influence on employees

Maria Nordin, Marina Romeo, Montserrat Yepes-Baldó, Kristina Westerberg

Hierarchical and flat organizational types are predominant in Spain and Sweden, respectively. To study how managers’ commitment and work overcommitment (WOC) affect employee…

Control dimensions, job demands and job satisfaction: does ownership matter?

Petra Lindfors, Niklas Hansen

New ownership types in health care of welfare states raise concerns regarding psychosocial work conditions including different control dimensions. The purpose of this paper is to…

Health and wellness of Canadian commercial motor vehicle drivers: Stakeholders perspectives for action

Alexander Crizzle, Maryam Madani Larijani, Anita Myers, Cassondra McCrory, Pierre Thiffault, Philip Bigelow

The purpose of this paper is to solicit perspectives from stakeholders concerning health, environmental and operational challenges among Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers in…

Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention

Holly Blake, Basharat Hussain, Jenny Hand, David Rowlands, Amdani Juma, Catrin Evans

There is a need to increase access to HIV testing in the UK in male migrant communities. The purpose of this paper is to assess the uptake and acceptability of a workplace HIV…

Perceived barriers and facilitators to workplace exercise participation

Jayden R. Hunter, Brett A. Gordon, Stephen R. Bird, Amanda C. Benson

Workplace exercise programmes have been shown to increase employee participation in physical activities and improve health and fitness in the short-term. However, the limited…