Page Nadine C, Nilsson Viktor O
Hult International Business School Berkhamsted, UK.
Front Psychol. 2017 Jan 10;7:1994. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01994. eCollection 2016.
This paper describes a behavior change intervention that encourages active commuting using electrically assisted bikes (e-bikes) for health promotion in the workplace. This paper presents the preliminary findings of the intervention's impact on improving employee well-being and organizational behavior, as an indicator of potential business success. Employees of a UK-based organization participated in a workplace travel behavior change intervention and used e-bikes as an active commuting mode; this was a change to their usual passive commuting behavior. The purpose of the intervention was to develop employee well-being and organizational behavior for improved business success. We explored the personal benefits and organizational co-benefits of active commuting and compared these to a travel-as-usual group of employees who did not change their behavior and continued taking non-active commutes. Employees who changed their behavior to active commuting reported more positive affect, better physical health and more productive organizational behavior outcomes compared with passive commuters. In addition, there was an interactive effect of commuting mode and commuting distance: a more frequent active commute was positively associated with more productive organizational behavior and stronger overall positive employee well-being whereas a longer passive commute was associated with poorer well-being, although there was no impact on organizational behavior. This research provides emerging evidence of the value of an innovative workplace health promotion initiative focused on active commuting in protecting and improving employee well-being and organizational behavior for stronger business performance. It considers the significant opportunities for organizations pursuing improved workforce well-being, both in terms of employee health, and for improved organizational behavior and business success.
本文描述了一种行为改变干预措施，该措施鼓励使用电动助力自行车（电动自行车）进行积极通勤，以促进工作场所的健康。本文介绍了该干预措施对改善员工福祉和组织行为的初步影响，作为潜在商业成功的一个指标。一家英国组织的员工参与了一项工作场所出行行为改变干预措施，并将电动自行车作为一种积极的通勤方式；这与他们通常的被动通勤行为有所不同。该干预措施的目的是改善员工福祉和组织行为，以提高商业成功率。我们探讨了积极通勤的个人益处和组织共同益处，并将其与未改变行为、继续采用非积极通勤方式的照常出行员工组进行了比较。与被动通勤者相比，改变行为采用积极通勤的员工报告了更多积极情绪、更好的身体健康状况以及更高效的组织行为结果。此外，通勤方式和通勤距离之间存在交互作用：更频繁的积极通勤与更高的组织行为效率和更强的员工整体积极福祉呈正相关，而更长的被动通勤则与较差的福祉相关，尽管对组织行为没有影响。这项研究提供了新的证据，证明了一项专注于积极通勤的创新工作场所健康促进倡议在保护和改善员工福祉以及组织行为以实现更强的商业绩效方面的价值。它考虑了组织在追求提高员工福祉方面的重大机遇，包括员工健康方面，以及改善组织行为和商业成功方面。
