Roodbari, H., Axtell, C., Nielsen, K. orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-9570 et al. (1 more author) (2022) Organisational interventions to improve employees' health and wellbeing: A realist synthesis. Applied Psychology, 71 (3). pp. 1058-1081. ISSN 0269-994X
Abstract
Although organisational interventions have shown promising results in improving employees' health and wellbeing, reviews of the effectiveness of such interventions conclude results are inconsistent. Realist synthesis is considered an appropriate method of literature review to improve the consistency of empirical evidence by developing generalisable statements of ‘what works for whom in which circumstances’. In this article, to identify and synthesise existing evidence from the empirical studies of organisational interventions, we conducted a realist synthesis according to the RAMESES publication standards. We reviewed 28 articles. Six realist programme theories were developed that explain how different mechanisms of organisational interventions may bring about different outcomes in different contexts. These realist programme theories are based on the process mechanisms of implementation adherence, communication, employees' participation, senior management support, middle management support and external consultants/researchers support. This realist synthesis enhances the understanding of how organisational interventions may improve employees' health and wellbeing, in which contexts, and for which group of employees. As such, it makes an important potential contribution to designing, implementing and evaluating future organisational interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 International Association of Applied Psychology. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Applied Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | context–mechanism–outcome configurations; mechanisms; organisational intervention; realist programme theories; realist synthesis |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2021 08:11 |
Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2022 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/apps.12346 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:177415 |