title: Boosting healthy heart employer-sponsored health dissemination efforts: identification and information-sharing intentions.
abstract: Health information dissemination options have expanded to include workplaces and employer-sponsored efforts. This study focuses on a core relational concept found in workplaces, organizational identification-the feeling of belongingness-and the impact of partnering with employers and health clinics in health information dissemination. We use social-identity theory and multiple identification to test our predictions from a sample of working adults representing more than 100 different employers. We found that when people strongly identify with their employer, they have increased health behavioral intentions and they intend to talk about the health information with coworkers. The significant models explain more than 50% and 30% of the variance in these two outcomes. The experimental results examining single and multiple organizational sources revealed no differences on any outcomes. These findings offer a contribution to health information dissemination research by articulating how identification with an employer functions to affect behavioral intentions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication Studies , University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Keri K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Angie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pastorek
authors.forename: Brittani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackert
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shalev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D033182:Intention; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012933:Social Identification; D066269:Social Theory; D055815:Young Adult