title: Managing implementation: roles of line managers, senior managers, and human resource professionals in an occupational health intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To contrast line managers', senior managers', and (human resource) HR professionals' descriptions of their roles, tasks, and possibilities to perform them during the implementation of an occupational health intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews with line managers (n = 13), senior managers (n = 7), and HR professionals (n = 9) 6 months after initiation of an occupational health intervention at nine organizations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The groups' roles were described coherently, except for the HR professionals. These roles were seldom performed in practice, and two main reasons appeared: use of individuals' engagement rather than an implementation strategy, and lack of integration of the intervention with other stakeholders and organizational processes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evaluation of stakeholders' perceptions of each other's and their own roles is important, especially concerning HR professionals. Clear role descriptions and implementation strategies, and aligning an intervention to organizational processes, are crucial for efficient intervention management.
authors.affiliation: From Medical Management Centre (Drs Hasson, von Thiele Schwarz, and Palm and Miss Villaume), Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Department of Psychology (Dr von Thiele Schwarz), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Industrial Economics and Management (Dr Palm), School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Henna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasson
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Villaume
authors.forename: Ulrica
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: von Thiele Schwarz
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Palm
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016272:Occupational Health; D010465:Perception; D010559:Personnel Management; D024382:Professional Role; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration