Doing Well by Making Well: The Impact of Corporate Wellness Programs on Employee Productivity

• Published in: Management science Vol. 64; no. 11; pp. 4967 - 4987
• Main Authors: Gubler, Timothy, Larkin, Ian, Pierce, Lamar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Linthicum INFORMS 01.11.2018; Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Subjects: Absenteeism; Analysis; Compensation and benefits; corporate social responsibility; Cost analysis; Cost control; Diet; health; Health insurance; Health promotion; Health status; Labor productivity; Laundries; Laundry; Motivation; Personal health; presenteeism; Productivity; Savings; Scanlon plan; wellness program; Wellness programs; Worker absenteeism; worker productivity; Workers; United States

This paper investigates the impact of a corporate wellness program on worker productivity using a panel of objective health and productivity data from 111 workers in five laundry plants. Although almost 90% of companies use wellness programs, existing research has focused on cost savings from insura...