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When Workplace Wellness Programs Work: Lessons Learned from a Large Employer in Texas
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Cheon, Ohbet; Naufal, George; Kash, Bita A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2020
Background: Workplace wellness programs have been widely implemented to promote employee health outcomes and reduce health costs. However, little is known about how designs of wellness programs matter for best promoting positive employee health outcomes. Purpose: This research aims to identify the most effective designs of workplace wellness…
Descriptors: Wellness, Health Promotion, Employees, Program Effectiveness
The Role of Regulatory Focus in Determining Career-Development Training Program Effectiveness
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Weide, Jeffrey Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2014
American organizations spend over $135 billion annually on training with an unknown return on investment. When budgets decline, leaders typically reduce training, despite the known influence of such training on employee motivation. To explore the perceptions of government-focused project managers regarding the effect of a lack of standardized…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Training, Program Effectiveness
Career Advancement and Work Support Services on the Job: Implementing the Fort Worth Work Advancement and Support Center Program
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Schultz, Caroline; Seith, David – MDRC, 2011
The Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) program in Fort Worth was part of a demonstration that is testing innovative strategies to help increase the income of low-wage workers, who make up a large segment of the U.S. workforce. The program offered services to help workers stabilize their employment, improve their skills, and increase their…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Groups
Career Advancement and Work Support Services on the Job: Implementing the Fort Worth Work Advancement and Support Center Program. Executive Summary
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Schultz, Caroline; Seith, David – MDRC, 2011
The Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) program in Fort Worth was part of a demonstration that is testing innovative strategies to help increase the income of low-wage workers, who make up a large segment of the U.S. workforce. The program offered services to help workers stabilize their employment, improve their skills, and increase their…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Groups
Transitional Experiences and Teacher Induction in a Texas Christian School
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Harmon, Christopher Marcus Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Highly qualified teachers are necessary to establish strong schools of instructional richness in which the student has the greatest opportunity to be academically successful. The responsibility of a teacher is much greater than just teaching academic content in a subject discipline. Schools are complex institutions which require teaching staff to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Needs, Student Behavior, Transitional Programs
Effects of an Employee Wellness Program on Physiological Risk Factors, Job Satisfaction, and Monetary Savings in a South Texas University
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Hamilton, Jacqueline – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effects of an Employee Wellness Program on physiological risk factors, job satisfaction, and monetary savings in a South Texas University. The non-probability sample consisted of 31 employees from lower income level positions. The employees were randomly assigned to the treatment group which…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Employees, Intervention, Wellness