Institute for Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Medical Faculty, University of Cologne and Centre for Health Services Research Cologne (ZVFK), Eupener Strasse 129, Cologne 50933, Germany.
Health Promot Int. 2012 Sep;27(3):382-93. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dar049. Epub 2011 Aug 25.
This study takes a first step toward examining the relationship between organizational characteristics and the perceived attitude toward health promotion in companies from the perspective of chief executive officers (CEOs). Data for the cross-sectional study were collected through telephone interviews with one CEO from randomly selected companies within the German information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Multivariate logistic regression analysis (LRA) was performed, and further LRA was conducted after stratifying on company size. LRA of data from a total of n = 522 interviews found significant associations between the attitude toward health promotion and the company's market position, its number of hierarchical levels, the percentage of permanent positions and the percentage of employees with an academic education. After stratification on company size, the association between the attitude toward health promotion and both market position and the percentage of employees with an academic education was still present in small companies. There were no significant relationships between the attitude toward health promotion and the structural characteristics of medium-sized and large companies. The preliminary results of the study indicate that a perceived attitude toward health promotion in companies can be explained, to a certain degree, by the intraorganizational characteristics analyzed. Our key findings highlight that efforts toward establishing a positive attitude toward health promotion should focus on small companies with a lower market position and a greater number of employees with a lower education level.
本研究从首席执行官（CEO）的角度出发，首次考察了组织特征与公司内健康促进感知态度之间的关系。这项横断面研究的数据通过对德国信息和通信技术（ICT）部门随机选择的公司的一位 CEO 进行电话访谈收集。采用多元逻辑回归分析（LRA）进行分析，并在按公司规模分层后进一步进行 LRA。对总共 n = 522 次访谈进行的 LRA 发现，健康促进态度与公司的市场地位、层次级别数量、永久职位比例和具有学术教育背景的员工比例之间存在显著关联。在按公司规模分层后，在小公司中，健康促进态度与市场地位和具有学术教育背景的员工比例之间仍然存在关联。在中型和大型公司中，健康促进态度与结构特征之间没有显著关系。研究的初步结果表明，公司内健康促进的感知态度在一定程度上可以通过分析的组织内特征来解释。我们的主要发现强调，建立积极健康促进态度的努力应侧重于市场地位较低、教育水平较低的员工人数较多的小型公司。
