A Practical Scale for Multi-Faceted Organizational Health Climate Assessment [2016]

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• Personal Author:
  Henning RA ; Magley VJ ; Zweber ZM
• Description:
  The current study sought to develop a practical scale to measure 3 facets of workplace health climate from the employee perspective as an important component of a healthy organization. The goal was to create a short, usable yet comprehensive scale that organizations and occupational health professionals could use to determine if workplace health interventions were needed. The proposed Multi-faceted Organizational Health Climate Assessment (MOHCA) scale assesses facets that correspond to 3 organizational levels: (a) workgroup, (b) supervisor, and (c) organization. Ten items were developed and tested on 2 distinct samples, 1 cross-organization and 1 within-organization. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded a 9-item, hierarchical 3-factor structure. Tests confirmed MOHCA has convergent validity with related constructs, such as perceived organizational support and supervisor support, as well as discriminant validity with safety climate. Lastly, criterion-related validity was found between MOHCA and health-related outcomes. The multi-faceted nature of MOHCA provides a scale that has face validity and can be easily translated into practice, offering a means for diagnosing the shortcomings of an organization or workgroup's health climate to better plan health and well-being interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Climate Employee Health Employees Health Programs Healthy Organization Work Environment Worker Health Workers Work Organization Workplace Health Workplace Health And Safety

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• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  250-259
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048866
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2016 Apr; 21(2):250-259
• Email:
  zandra.zweber@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut Storrs, Storrs-Mansfield
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8be515248241b33d52538902e7ee947a4914e130f6ca9210b214fd796d1e6e3c6aad8531081b9ffeb5a5455111896956590798590072d1b24ac28de4c07f8984
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203490/cdc_203490_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 110.20 KB ]