Literature Review of Policy Implications From Findings of the Center for Work, Health, and Well-being

Organizational interventions - fitting the intervention to the context to ensure the participatory process

“…A recently published review presented evidence of the importance of worker health and safety policies and suggested that the types of policies organizations already have in place may shape design and implementation of the participatory organizational intervention process (Gomez, Sparer-Fine, Sorensen, & Wagner, 2019). For example, work scheduling policies may define the parameters of job flexibility, determine times when required business meetings may be scheduled, or structure shift characteristics (e.g., length of shifts, total hours worked, rotating or night, required overtime), and thus also structuring opportunities for worker participation.…”