title: Organizational factors and the attitude toward health promotion in German ICT-companies.
abstract: This study takes a first step toward examining the relationship between organizational characteristics and the perceived attitude toward health promotion in companies from the perspective of chief executive officers (CEOs). Data for the cross-sectional study were collected through telephone interviews with one CEO from randomly selected companies within the German information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Multivariate logistic regression analysis (LRA) was performed, and further LRA was conducted after stratifying on company size. LRA of data from a total of n = 522 interviews found significant associations between the attitude toward health promotion and the company's market position, its number of hierarchical levels, the percentage of permanent positions and the percentage of employees with an academic education. After stratification on company size, the association between the attitude toward health promotion and both market position and the percentage of employees with an academic education was still present in small companies. There were no significant relationships between the attitude toward health promotion and the structural characteristics of medium-sized and large companies. The preliminary results of the study indicate that a perceived attitude toward health promotion in companies can be explained, to a certain degree, by the intraorganizational characteristics analyzed. Our key findings highlight that efforts toward establishing a positive attitude toward health promotion should focus on small companies with a lower market position and a greater number of employees with a lower education level.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Sciences and Medical Faculty, University of Cologne and Centre for Health Services Research Cologne (ZVFK), Eupener Strasse 129, Cologne 50933, Germany. julia.jung@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitzsche
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ansmann
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ernstmann
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ommen
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stieler-Lorenz
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasem
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfaff
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015279:Organizational Culture; D013672:Technology