%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Worksite Wellness Program
%A Mazur, Barbara
%A Mazur-Małek, Marta
%J International Journal of Contemporary Management
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/24498939IJCM.16.025.6706
%N Issue 15(4)
%P 77-89
%K organisations, management of wellness programs, effectiveness, measurement
%@ 2449-8920
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/international-journal-of-contemporary-management/article/evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-a-worksite-wellness-program
%X 
	Background. Wellness programs have been implemented and developed for quite some time already, especially in companies abroad. They become ever more present in Polish companies as well, yet the available literature – both foreign and Polish – is rather scarce. There appears to be a lack of sources which present tools to evaluate the effectiveness of worksite wellness programs in a synthetic and especially review-like manner.

	Research aims. The research problem is to determine methods to evaluate the effectiveness of worksite wellness programs. Those programs are implemented in order to achieve two objectives: enhance the employee’s wellbeing and improve the economic outcomes of the whole company. The issue of implementing and measuring a worksite wellness program’s effectiveness is then inevitable. The main objective of this article is to examine what kind of tools can be applied in the process of evaluating the effectiveness of worksite wellness programs.

	Methodology. The article is based on a review and analysis of the available literature.

	Key findings. The effectiveness of a worksite wellness program can depend on such variables as the employee’s gender, size of the company, or program type. The effectiveness of a worksite wellness program seems to depend as well on factors such as top management engagement and support, setting of clear objectives and achievable aims, effective communication, and measurement and evaluation procedures.