Research proposal
Research proposalThe Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Satisfaction at Garrett Aviation
Introduction
I, the researcher, believe that the citizens of the United States have become obsessed with the topic of health and wellness. One cannot watch a television program, read a newspaper, go on-line and avoid these topics. We are consistently bombarded with information on counting fat grams, implementing fiber in our diet, and new exercise equipment. Recently another industry, the workplace has decided to jump on the wellness bandwagon. This industry has gotten involved in promoting wellness by creating worksite wellness programs.
These programs have been implemented to cut employee absences, insurance cost, improve work performance, and increase employee moral ( ). This proposed clinical project will seek to determine through further research whether workplace wellness programs create a statistically significant increased level of employee job satisfaction. The topic of this proposed study is of importance because wellness programs can be beneficial to both employers and employees. Wellness programs improve the health and well being of employees and improve profits for the employer (Grant, 1998). It is hypothesized for the proposed clinical project that that the wellness program will create an increased level of employee job satisfaction.
Wellness is defined as “a composite of physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, occupational, and social health; health promotion is a means used to achieve wellness (Reardon, 1998). Worksite wellness programs have been developed to cut costs for employers and to benefit employees by increasing their level of health. Worksite wellness programs require the use of a model that targets reversible health problems and behaviors such as stress management, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and smoking (Reardon, 1998). Results from past research show that employees in firms with wellness programs have more positive attitudes towards the company and higher job satisfaction (Ho, 1997).
In recent years many large corporations have invested time and money into workplace wellness programs for their employees (Grant, 1998). It is believed that these wellness programs benefit the employer and the employee in several ways. These programs are thought to increase the level of employee morale and loyalty, create better job performance, decrease absenteeism, and harvest higher net profits for the employer (Meurer, Meurer, Holloway, 1997). Interestingly, a large body of research concerned with the impact of workplace wellness programs on industry suggests that these claims can be justified.
Literature Review
Edwin Locke cites M. Viteles definition of as "the attitude of satisfaction with, desire to continue in, and willingness to strive for the goals of a particular group or organization (1953, p.284). Job satisfaction is defined by Edwin Locke as a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting form the appraisal of one’s job or job experience (Locke, 1976). He also states in a chapter of a book edited by Marvin Dunnette that both morale and job satisfaction refer to...
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