The relationship between organizational characteristics and the adoption of workplace smoking policies.
Organizational-level variables that are hypothesized to influence the level of smoking policy restrictions and the prevalence of smoking control activities were tested in a sample of 1 14 worksites that participated in the Working Well Trial, a national trial of worksite health promotion. Predictors related to more restrictive policies included smaller size, larger percentage of white-collar workers, larger number of complaints about environmental tobacco smoke, less complexity, more formalization, and having a CEO who valued health and employees' well-being. The number of smoking control activities offered in a worksite was predicted by having a larger blue-collar workforce, a higher percentage of female employees, higher levels of workforce stability, and a CEO who valued health and employees' well-being. Efforts to identify predictors of companies' adoption and implementation of workplace-based policies and interventions are an important part of tobacco control efforts and will enhance future intervention and research efforts.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Community-Based Research, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. karen_emmons@dfci.harvard.edu
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration*