... Purpose – Describes two health and well-being programs that are helping employees at London’s Gatwick airport to get fitter and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Design/methodology/approach – Explores the reasons for the programs the form they take and the results they have achieved...

...Interview by Gareth Bell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Cary L. Cooper, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Design/methodology/approach Interview. Findings In this wide‐ranging...

... and their effects. It contains an interview with a Capital One employee. Findings The article highlights the importance, at Capital One, of: frequent meetings between employees and managers; regular employee surveys; maintaining employees' good health and sense of well‐being; wide opportunities...

...S. Hemsley © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Health Sick leave Absenteeism United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 1 Hemsley S. Human Resources (UK), July 2011, Start page...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Benefits Health Cost reduction Employees assistance programmes United States of America Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 19, Issue 6 Walsh J.Workforce Management...

...T. Smedley © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Attendance Health Illness Sick leave United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 19, Issue 4 Smedley T. People Management (UK), 13 January...

... from Bupa (health provider) of the interest among employees in wellbeing programmes and the benefit that organizations would get from a healthier workforce. Gives examples of the type of wellness programmes that UK organizations have introduced. An inset briefly describes the wellness programmes...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Health Welfare Organizational performance United Kingdom Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 17, Issue 1 North S.-J. People Management (UK), 26 June 2008, Vol. 14...

...N. Harrison © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Benefits Health United Kingdom Article Type:   From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 16, Issue 5 Harrison N.  Human Resources (UK), February 2008, Start page: 42, No. of pages...

...J. Smerd Smerd J.  Workforce Management (USA), 26 Feb 2007 Vol 86 No 4, Start page: 1, No. of pages: 6 Purpose – Describes Boeing’s attempt to improve health care available to a group of workers under its health plan by assessing the quality of doctors paid to deliver...

... of the support available through Bupa and occupational‐health nurses. To alleviate the problems, the company placed more emphasis on keeping complete and accurate sickness statistics. A sickness “league table” was produced and widely distributed, and a training program, entitled “One of Our Team is Missing...

.... In trying to reduce these statistics, there is a tendency to focus on the symptoms rather than the cause of absenteeism. A useful analogy for examining the issue is to look upon absenteeism as a viral infection. Such a bug adversely affects, and is affected by, the overall health of the organizational...