OBJECTIVES Many employees with burnout report cognitive difficulties. However, the relation between burnout and cognitive functioning has hardly been empirically validated. Moreover, it is unknown whether the putative cognitive deficits in burnout are temporary or permanent. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to answer two related questions: (i) Is burnout associate...

The present study examined the distinct configurations, or profiles, taken by global and specific (cognitive weariness, physical fatigue, emotional exhaustion) burnout dimensions, their similarity across two independent samples of employees. In addition, this research also documented associations between identified predictor variables (perceived organizational support ethical leadership), a ser...

background : a healthy organization is a place that people like to work and they are proud of being a part of it. this study aimed to evaluate the relation between organizational health indicators and organizational effectiveness among employees of isfahan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross – sectional study was done on 672 employees in seven staffs of iums. samples were select...

BACKGROUND Lifestyle-related health issues affect the economic position of organizations and contribute to reduced productivity, increased absenteeism and health care costs. AIMS To summarize the effectiveness of different workplace health interventions for promoting healthy lifestyle, preventing diseases and reducing health care costs. METHODS We searched MEDLINE via Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochra...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the vitamin D status during winter of a healthy population of hospital employees and to assess the correlation between vitamin D status and risk of infections in the upper respiratory tract. DESIGN One hundred and ten healthy volunteers answered a questionnaire on their solar exposure habits and vitamin D intake and delivered one blood sample for quantification of vi...

Because less healthy employees value health insurance more than the healthy ones, when health insurance is newly offered job turnover rates for healthier employees decline less than turnover rates for the less healthy. We call this adverse job turnover, and it implies that a firm's expected health costs will increase when health insurance is first offered. Health insurance premiums may fail to ...