Employee Self-rated Productivity and Objective Organizational Production Levels: Effects of Worksite Health Interventions Involving Reduced Work Hours and Physical Exercise

@article{vonThieleSchwarz2011EmployeeSP,
  title={Employee Self-rated Productivity and Objective Organizational Production Levels: Effects of Worksite Health Interventions Involving Reduced Work Hours and Physical Exercise},
  author={Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz and Henna Hasson},
  journal={Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine},
  year={2011},
  volume={53},
  pages={838–844}
}
OBJECTIVE To investigate how worksite health interventions involving a 2.5-hour reduction of weekly working hours with (PE) or without (RWH) mandatory physical exercise affects productivity. [] Key MethodMETHODS Six workplaces in dental health care were matched and randomized to three conditions (PE, RWH and referents). Employees' (N = 177) self-rated productivity and the workplaces' production levels (number of patients) were examined longitudinally.
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