Finding the right fit: understanding health tracking in workplace wellness programs

CF Chung, N Gorm, IA Shklovski… - Proceedings of the 2017 …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Workplace health and wellness programs are increasingly integrating personal health
tracking technologies, such as Fitbit and Apple Watch. Many question whether these …

“Social networkout”: Connecting social features of wearable fitness trackers with physical exercise

Y Zhu, SL Dailey, D Kreitzberg… - Journal of health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite widespread understanding of the benefits of physical activity, many adults in the
United States do not meet recommended exercise guidelines. Burgeoning technologies …

Combinatorial use of communication technologies in organizations

Y Zhu - Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique and extend contemporary scholarship on
information and communication technologies (ICTs). This paper argues that the focus on the …

Shifting From Wellness at Work to Wellness in Work: Interrogating the Link Between Stress and Organization While Theorizing a Move Toward Wellness-in-Practice

MA Harrison, KK Stephens - Management Communication …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Guided by the theoretical underpinnings of the whole-person approach to wellness, we
critique and adapt this framework to explain the combined complexities of organizational …

An employee-centered framework for healthy workplaces: implementing a critically holistic, participative, and structural model through the Equitable Food Initiative

HM Zoller, R Strochlic, C Getz - Journal of Applied Communication …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Critical scholars have critiqued workplace health promotion (WHP) discourses for extending
managerial influence on workers' lives, shifting health responsibilities to workers, and …

Resistance training:(Re) sha** extreme forms of workplace health promotion

EP James, HM Zoller - Management Communication …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
As the number of workplace health initiatives grows, so does the variety of programming.
This study examines a fitness apparel company's attempts to promote a fitness culture …

I am what I am?—An integrative review of understandings of 'health identity'and 'illness identity'in scientific literature

P Pelters - Sociology of Health & Illness, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Health and illness identities have been presented as important for the experience of health
and illness, and they are a widespread research interest. However, these identities are …

For better or for work: Dual discourses in a workplace wellness program

SL Dailey, TJ Burke… - Management …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the ubiquity of workplace health promotion (WHP) programs, research has yet to
address how employees make sense of the various meanings surrounding free wellness …

Online support group participation and social support: Incorporating identification and interpersonal bonds

Y Zhu, KK Stephens - Small Group Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
An increasing number of people with chronic diseases exchange social support using online
support groups (OSGs). However, there is little understanding of group communication …

Let's work out: communication in workplace wellness programs

T J. Burke, S L. Dailey, Y Zhu - International Journal of Workplace …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose People spend a lot of time communicating with their co-workers each day; however,
research has yet to explore how colleagues influence each other's health behaviors. The …