title: When Intervention Meets Organisation, a Qualitative Study of Motivation and Barriers to Physical Exercise at the Workplace.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a comprehensive understanding of the motivational factors and barriers that are important for compliance with high-intensity workplace physical exercise that is aimed at reducing musculoskeletal disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study, which used semideductive, thematic, and structured in-depth interviews, was nested in a 20-week cluster randomised controlled trial among office workers. Interviews were conducted with 18 informants with diverse fields of sedentary office work who participated in strength training at the workplace for 20 minutes, three times per week. Organisational, implementational, and individual motives and barriers were explored.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that attention should be given to the interaction between the management, the employees, and the intervention, as the main barrier to compliance was the internal working culture. The results emphasised the need for a clear connection between the management's implementational intentions and the actual implementation. The results emphasise the importance of ensuring the legitimacy of the intervention among managers, participants, and colleagues. Moreover, it is important to centrally organise, structure, and ensure flexibility in the working day to free time for participants to attend the intervention. Recommendations from this study suggest that a thorough intervention mapping process should be performed to analyse organisational and implementational factors before initiating workplace physical exercise training.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Bredahl
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
authors.forename: Charlotte Ahlgren
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Særvoll
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lasse
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kirkelund
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sjøgaard
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lars Louis
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055070:Resistance Training; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration