Implicit strategies to improve work and well-being: the social dimensions of organizational excellence
conference paper
Significant improvements in health and well-being can be created as implicit by-products of activities from agents other than health professionals, with each of these agents having their own prime (i.e. parallel) interests. For this reason, more relevant strategies and interventions for promoting health and well-being at work exist than are usually considered. The aim of this paper is to explore such implicit strategies and interventions, to which we apply the label the ‘social dimensions of organizational excellence’. Our focus is on interactions between interests related to ‘healthy organizations’ and those related to ‘healthy people'. We present two inspiring case studies involving companies in the Neth- erlands. These examples demonstrate considerable potential for fostering health and well-being at work through implicit strategies and activities. They show the potential for creating a strategic link with the organization’s mis- sion and vision. They also highlight the relevance of a focus on developing leadership and an organizational culture in which people are valued and which stimulates learning and innovation. The paper concludes with a dis- cussion of several important challenges for research and corporate practice.
TNO Identifier
538043
ISBN
978-952-261-040-9
Publisher
Finnish Institute of Occucpational Health
Source title
Proceedings of the International Conference Towards better work and well-being. 10-12 February 2010
Editor(s)
Anttonen, H.
Husman, P.
Hussi, T.
Leino, T.
Ylikoski,M.
Husman, P.
Hussi, T.
Leino, T.
Ylikoski,M.
Place of publication
Helsinki
Pages
56-61
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