TY - JOUR
T1 - The Importance of Specific Workplace Environment Characteristics for Maximum Health and Performance
T2 - Healthcare Workers Perspective
AU - Zadeh, Rana Sagha
AU - Shepley, Mardelle M.
AU - Owora, Arthur
AU - Dannenbaum, Martha C.
AU - Waggener, Laurie T.
AU - Chung, Susan Sung Eun
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the importance of specific workplace environment characteristics for maximum health and performance, assigned by healthcare employees, and how they relate to the nature of their work. Methods: A cross-sectional mixed-method study was conducted with content analysis and robust regression models to examine the relationship between workplace environment characteristics and perceived importance in promoting health and performance. Results: Our findings suggest that perceptions of key environment characteristics that safeguard health and performance in healthcare workplaces may vary by employee sex, setting, and nature of healthcare work involved. Theme and model descriptions of the influence of these factors on participant perceptions are provided. Conclusions: Employee feedback on workplace characteristics that impact health and performance could be instrumental in determining the priorities of workplace design.
AB - Objective: To examine the importance of specific workplace environment characteristics for maximum health and performance, assigned by healthcare employees, and how they relate to the nature of their work. Methods: A cross-sectional mixed-method study was conducted with content analysis and robust regression models to examine the relationship between workplace environment characteristics and perceived importance in promoting health and performance. Results: Our findings suggest that perceptions of key environment characteristics that safeguard health and performance in healthcare workplaces may vary by employee sex, setting, and nature of healthcare work involved. Theme and model descriptions of the influence of these factors on participant perceptions are provided. Conclusions: Employee feedback on workplace characteristics that impact health and performance could be instrumental in determining the priorities of workplace design.
KW - built environment
KW - evidence-based design
KW - facility and human resource
KW - healthcare workers
KW - management
KW - occupational health
KW - physical environment
KW - work performance
KW - work productivity
KW - work satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001248
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001248
M3 - Article
C2 - 29227360
AN - SCOPUS:85046675631
VL - 60
SP - e245-e252
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 5
ER -