Milner Karen, Greyling Michael, Goetzel Ron, Da Silva Roseanne, Kolbe-Alexander Tracey, Patel Deepak, Nossel Craig, Beckowski Megan
Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
Health Promot Int. 2015 Sep;30(3):514-22. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dat064. Epub 2013 Oct 18.
Leadership support has been identified as an essential component of successful workplace health promotion (WHP) programs. However, there is little research in this area and even less theoretical conceptualization on ways in which leadership support for WHP is related to improved employee wellbeing. In this paper, we developed and tested a model of leadership support for WHP and employee wellbeing outcomes using employer and employee data gathered from 71 South African organizations. A theoretical model based on social exchange theory was developed. It was hypothesized that perceptions of company commitment to health promotion mediates the relationship between leadership support, the provision of WHP facilities and employee wellbeing. A hierarchical structural equation modeling technique was used to test the model. We determined that leaders' support for WHP was important insofar as they also provided health promotion facilities to their employees. No direct relationship was found between leadership support alone and employee wellbeing.
领导支持已被视为成功的工作场所健康促进（WHP）计划的一个重要组成部分。然而，该领域的研究很少，关于领导对WHP的支持与员工幸福感提升之间的关系的理论概念化更是少之又少。在本文中，我们使用从71个南非组织收集的雇主和员工数据，开发并测试了一个关于领导对WHP的支持与员工幸福感结果的模型。基于社会交换理论开发了一个理论模型。研究假设，对公司健康促进承诺的认知在领导支持、WHP设施的提供与员工幸福感之间的关系中起中介作用。采用分层结构方程建模技术对该模型进行测试。我们确定，领导对WHP的支持很重要，前提是他们还为员工提供健康促进设施。仅领导支持与员工幸福感之间未发现直接关系。
