Influence of organizations on their employees’ health: a critical analysis

By:

Potthoff, Jennifer

Material type: Text

TextSeries: BestMasters (BEST)Publication details: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden 2024Description: xv, 91 pISBN:

9783658460853

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.1068 POT

Summary: The modern working world, characterized by a VUCA-world, digitalization, and demographic change, is transforming the way of working, offering benefits like increased flexibility but also bringing uncertainty, constant change, and new tasks. These developments pose new challenges to leaders and employees, reflected in rising sick days in Germany. Given the financial damage of presenteeism and absenteeism for individual companies and the German economy, organizations must find ways to maintain their employees’ mental and physical health. Despite the growing importance of health in the corporate context, in Germany the potential of workplace health promotion is not yet fully exploited. This book highlights how modern behavioral economic incentive systems, using psychological insights on people’s real decision-making behavior, can enhance corporate health promotion. Jennifer Potthoff designed the MIND-THE-GAP-toolbox for organizations to motivate their employees to eat healthier, improve physical activity, and reduce stress at work. Additionally, the book discusses how leaders can support employee health through a health-oriented leadership style characterized by self-care, mindfulness, staff-care, appreciation, empathy, trust, communication, fairness, and a balance between scope for action and task orientation. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-46086-0)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	362.1068 POT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		008599

Table of contents:
Front Matter
Pages i-xv
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The Importance of Health in the Work World 4.0
Jennifer Potthoff
Pages 1-7
The Interplay of Health, (Financial) Success and Corporate Health Promotion
Jennifer Potthoff
Pages 9-38
Nudging for more Health
Jennifer Potthoff
Pages 39-58
Recommendations for Action
Jennifer Potthoff
Pages 59-71
Conclusion
Jennifer Potthoff
Pages 73-79
Back Matter
Pages 81-91
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The modern working world, characterized by a VUCA-world, digitalization, and demographic change, is transforming the way of working, offering benefits like increased flexibility but also bringing uncertainty, constant change, and new tasks. These developments pose new challenges to leaders and employees, reflected in rising sick days in Germany. Given the financial damage of presenteeism and absenteeism for individual companies and the German economy, organizations must find ways to maintain their employees’ mental and physical health. Despite the growing importance of health in the corporate context, in Germany the potential of workplace health promotion is not yet fully exploited. This book highlights how modern behavioral economic incentive systems, using psychological insights on people’s real decision-making behavior, can enhance corporate health promotion. Jennifer Potthoff designed the MIND-THE-GAP-toolbox for organizations to motivate their employees to eat healthier, improve physical activity, and reduce stress at work. Additionally, the book discusses how leaders can support employee health through a health-oriented leadership style characterized by self-care, mindfulness, staff-care, appreciation, empathy, trust, communication, fairness, and a balance between scope for action and task orientation.

(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-46086-0)

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