Doctoral Study: “Wellness programs: Strategies for Increasing Employees’ Productivity and Reducing Health Care Costs”

During the holidays, I am pleased to announce that my Doctoral Study: “Wellness programs: Strategies for Increasing Employees’ Productivity and Reducing Health Care Cost” was published via ProQuest with all the copyrights related to the manuscript. A piece of the document:

Abstract

Business executives risk higher healthcare costs and absenteeism rates without implementing cost-effective strategies to support wellness within the organization. To offset rising healthcare costs and absenteeism, executives should implement wellness programs as a component of the benefits package provided to their employees and families. Grounded in the theory of planned behavior, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore the cost-effective strategies that executives in the private and not-for-profit sectors implemented to encourage employees to adopt healthy habits for increasing productivity and decreasing organizations’ healthcare costs. Six executives from the healthcare sector within the southern region of the United States participated in semistructured interviews and shared documents for thematic analysis. The four primary themes include cost-effective strategies to motivate employees, key barriers to wellness programs, a culture of wellness, and leadership roles and engagement. The key recommendation for private and not-for-profit executives is to implement an inclusive, accessible wellness culture for all members. The implications for social change involve possible reductions of healthcare costs when community members have access to holistic wellness programs.

The whole document can be located by searching Google Scholar via the following path:

https://www.proquest.com/openview/3803c20db7d1beacbd08037c3f34c247/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y