title: The benefits of a physically active workforce: an organizational perspective.
abstract: This chapter examines the role of exercise in increasing human and organizational effectiveness. First, the integration of health promotion and physical fitness interventions into human resource strategies is reviewed. This is followed by a review of the significance of exercise within general health promotion, of the impact of exercise on individual health parameters, of the carryover of individual health benefits to the organization, and, finally, by a commentary on current trends.
authors.affiliation: AT&T, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015444:Exercise; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D010809:Physical Fitness; D014481:United States