H-WORK Project: Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces

Marco De Angelis, Davide Giusino, Karina Nielsen, Emmanuel Aboagye, Marit Christensen, Siw Tone Innstrand, Greta Mazzetti, Machteld van den Heuvel, Roy B.L. Sijbom, Vince Pelzer, Rita Chiesa and Luca Pietrantoni
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Marco De Angelis: Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Davide Giusino: Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Karina Nielsen: Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 FL, UK
Emmanuel Aboagye: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 171 65 Stockholm, Sweden
Marit Christensen: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7941 Trondheim, Norway
Siw Tone Innstrand: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7941 Trondheim, Norway
Greta Mazzetti: Department of Education Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Machteld van den Heuvel: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Roy B.L. Sijbom: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vince Pelzer: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rita Chiesa: Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Luca Pietrantoni: Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-23

Abstract: The paper describes the study design, research questions and methods of a large, international intervention project aimed at improving employee mental health and well-being in SMEs and public organisations. The study is innovative in multiple ways. First, it goes beyond the current debate on whether individual- or organisational-level interventions are most effective in improving employee health and well-being and tests the cumulative effects of multilevel interventions, that is, interventions addressing individual, group, leader and organisational levels. Second, it tailors its interventions to address the aftermaths of the Covid-19 pandemic and develop suitable multilevel interventions for dealing with new ways of working. Third, it uses realist evaluation to explore and identify the working ingredients of and the conditions required for each level of intervention, and their outcomes. Finally, an economic evaluation will assess both the cost-effectiveness analysis and the affordability of the interventions from the employer perspective. The study integrates the training transfer and the organisational process evaluation literature to develop toolkits helping end-users to promote mental health and well-being in the workplace.

Keywords: mental health; small medium enterprises; public sector; multilevel analysis; Covid-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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