The path to a healthy workplace: A critical review linking healthy workplace practices, employee well-being, and organizational improvements.

This review synthesizes much of the previousresearch since 1990 linking healthy workplacepractices in organizations to employee well-be-ing and organizational improvements. Based onthe review, both a direct and an indirect linkbetween healthy workplace practices and orga-nizational improvements are proposed. Fivegeneral categories of healthy workplace prac-tices were identified in the literature: work-lifebalance, employee growth and development,health and safety, recognition, and employeeinvolvement. Previous research also suggeststhat the link between these practices and em-ployee and organizational outcomes is contin-gent on the effectiveness of communicationwithin the organization and the alignment ofworkplace practices with the organizationalcontext. Finally, a discussion of some limita-tions of previous research and recommenda-tions for future work in the area of healthyworkplace practices are provided.Keywords: