International Journal of Workplace Health Management: Volume 14 Issue 6

Line managers' middle-levelness and driving proactive behaviors in organizational interventions

Eyvind Helland, Marit Christensen, Siw Tone Innstrand, Karina Nielsen

This paper explores line managers' proactive work behaviors in organizational interventions and ascertains how their management of their middle-levelness by aligning with the…

Search inside yourself: investigating the effects of a widely adopted mindfulness-at-work development program

Norian A. Caporale-Berkowitz, Brittany P. Boyer, Christopher J. Lyddy, Darren J. Good, Aaron B. Rochlen, Michael C. Parent

Workplace mindfulness training has many benefits, but designing programs to reach a wide audience effectively and efficiently remains a challenge. The purpose of this study is to…

Association of individual and device usage factors with musculoskeletal disorders amongst handheld devices users during homestay due to pandemic

Rahul Jain, Kunj Bihari Rana, Makkhan Lal Meena

The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading in India and different parts of the world. The outbreak delivered not only the condition of dying from infection but also forced people…

Sense of security when new at work: a thematic analysis of interviews with young adult retail workers in Sweden

Erika Wall, Sven Svensson, Anna Berg Jansson

Positive examples of situations in which young adults new at work experience feeling secure in the role as novice in the work force are here focused. The aim is to analyze how…

Acting the part: how social and organisational factors shape managers' actions towards employees with repeated short-term sickness absence

Isa Norvell Gustavsson, Ulrika Müssener, Christian Ståhl

The aim of the study was to understand the social and organisational factors in the workplace that shape managers' actions and attitudes towards workers with repeated short-term…

Coping with the crisis: the effects of psychological capital and coping behaviors on perceived stress

Sherry A. Maykrantz, Brandye D. Nobiling, Richard A. Oxarart, Luke A. Langlinais, Jeffery D. Houghton

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the daily lives of millions of people around the world, substantially increasing anxiety and stress levels for many. Psychological…