Providing a Model of Workplace Health along with an Approach to Staff’s Physical Activity Improvement (Case Study: Mobarakeh Steel Company)

The present study brings forward a model of workplace health with an approach to staff’s physical activity improvement. this study was an applied and descriptive research that has been conducted with a mixed approach for data collection (qualitative and quantitative). The methodology is performed qualitatively on the basis of grounded theory of Glaser approach. The research participants in qualitative included ۱۸ subjects selected through judgmental sampling method with snowball approach. In addition, the sample in quantitative section, ۳۸۴ subjects were studied through convinience sampling based on  Krejcie and Morgan table. The analysis in the quantitative section is second-order confirmatory factor analysis. According to the results, components of workplace health comprising the physical environment with sub-components of preparing infrastructure along with strenuous company; the psycho-social environment with sub-components of education, culturalization, encouragement along with support; the health resources with the sub-components of evaluation, supervision and alignment of plans; and participation of the company which comprises management and planning.

Keywords:

grounded theory , Physical activity , Mobarakeh steel company , Workplace health