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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

What are the behaviors that corporate wellness initiatives are trying to influence? But even beyond that payoff in health, the study found a comparable payoff in productivity: For every dollar spent on wellness programs, the companies’ absenteeism-related costs fell about $2.73. Let’s consider that piece by piece.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

Industrial or organizational psychology focuses on the underlying and implicit dynamics that shape and influence the individuals in the organization. Like humans, institutions are mostly unaware of the dramatic influence of psychological processes. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism). employee management. motivation.