title: Strategic wellness management in Finland: The first national survey of the management of employee well-being.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the scope of strategic wellness management (SWM) in Finland. To measure management of wellness a strategic wellness management index (SWMI) was developed.
  
  
  METHODS
  On the basis of the developed SWM model an Internet questionnaire was conducted for randomly selected employers representing seven business areas and three size categories. Corporate activities and SWMI for each employer and for business area and size groups were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results highlighted relatively good activity in strategic wellness (SW) processes and fairly low level of SWM procedures. The average values (± SD) of SWMI were 53.6 ± 12.3 for large, 42.8 ± 11.7 for medium-size, and 32.8 ± 12.1 for small companies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SWMI can be a positive new, strong concept to measure SW processes and thus improve both the well-being of the employees and the productivity of the enterprise.
authors.affiliation: Ecxenta Ltd, Helsinki, Finland.ossi.aura@excenta.fi
authors.forename: Ossi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aura
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ahonen
authors.forename: Juhani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ilmarinen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005387:Finland; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload