Employee knowledge, awareness and perceptions about the Employee Wellness Programme in the Ministry of Health, Swaziland.
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2015
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Abstract
Many companies are becoming increasingly aware of the issues pertaining to
employee well-being or wellness. There has been a growing public interest with
regards to integrating wellness activities with the responsibilities of the employer.
This shift with regard to healthy workplaces and employees that are empowered
represents trends between organizational well-being and positive psychological
states. As a result of this, various programmes were introduced such as Employee
Assistance Programme (EAP) and Employee Wellness Programmes (EWPs) to
address the issues of wellness in the workplace. Employee Wellness Programmes
are defined as intervention strategies aimed to promote the well-being of workers.
The study was conducted to establish the reasons employees either take up or do
not take up services offered within the Employee Wellness Programme at the
Ministry of Health in order to provide guidelines to make the programme effective
and to render the programme more cost effective. A stratified random sampling
method was used to select the samples. Data were collected using a selfadministered
questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the
respondents (88.3%) were aware of the existence of the Employee Wellness
Programme. The result also showed that 48.3% of the respondents rated the
programme as good whereas 25% rated it as fair. Furthermore, the results revealed
that 48.3% of the respondents have attended activities offered by the programme
whilst 45% have not. The most common barrier that prevented employees from
participating was inconvenient time or location of the activities (41.7%). Lastly, the
majority of the respondents (73.3%) indicated that the ministry should use incentive
to encourage employee participation. There is need for senior management to show
commitment for the programme, monitoring and evaluation of the programme,
strengthening communication, establishing proactive wellness committees, creating
a wellness culture among employees as well as providing incentives for participating
in the programme.
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Master of Business Administration. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2015.
Keywords
Employee health promotion--Swaziland., Employee assistance programs--Swaziland., Employees--Swaziland--Attitudes., Occupational health services--Swaziland., Theses--Business administration., Employee Wellness Programme.