Impact of Healthy Workplace Environment on Organisational Performance

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Definition of healthy workplace..................................................................................................2
Relationship between the healthy workplace practice and organisational productivity..............3
Work life balance.....................................................................................................................4
Social connections...................................................................................................................4
Integrity....................................................................................................................................5
Safety and security...................................................................................................................6
Regulatory frameworks...........................................................................................................7
Literature gap...................................................................................................................................7
Literature map..................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Reference.......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Healthy workplace environment has a great deal of impact on the organisational
performances. There are several arguments regarding the impact of the healthy workplace on the
organisational performance (Harmon et al., 2018). Therefore, this literature review aims to point
out the impact of healthy workplace environment on organisational performance. In this regard,
there are some key aspects that are resembled with the research objectives as well. For a better
understanding, the literature review is segregated into some key parts where the definition of
healthy workplace practice and the health oriented practices of the human capital are clearly
discussed. Later on, the research also carries out an in-depth analysis on the relationship between
productivity and the healthy workforce. A literature map is incorporated into the discussion to
portray the logical depiction of the entire argument. The literature review also delivers a
literature gap in order to understand the need for conducting the research further.
Discussion
Definition of healthy workplace
As per the WHO report, it can be stated that the concept of healthy workplace is
associated with the practice of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing of the employees.
However, the definition of healthy workplace has been developed rapidly and it incorporates a
series of new paradigm into the process of demonstrating the healthy workplace practice.
Adlakha et al. (2015) defined the process of healthy workplace with the ethical understanding.
As per the definition, it can be stated that healthy workplace is an ethical practice that enables the
physical and mental wellbeing of the employees. From the research of Reynolds et al. (2016) it

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can be derived that physical wellbeing connotes the biological elements in terms of the natural
daylight and temperature control that is an intricate part of the organisation. Moreover, the
practice of healthy eating and physical activities are also associated with the physical wellbeing
of the employees. On the other hand, Reynolds et al. (2016) acknowledges the mental wellbeing
of the employees in terms of stable mindedness, feeling less stressed and creative activities. It is
important for organisation in order to bring more efficacy into the performance of the employees.
Work-life balance is also considered to be an important part for the organisation to restore the
employee satisfaction extensively. Apart from that the article of Kushner and Ruffin (2015)
opined that the healthy workplace environment means developing a better situation for the
employees where they can feel more engaged with their profession. This definition identifies the
presence of an external element in terms of the employee satisfaction that can be ushered by
using effective workforce practice.
From this understanding it can be stated that there are both the interests of the
organisation and the employee benefits that reflects into the practice of healthy workplace
practice. Karanikola and Mpouzika (2018) advocated that the role of the healthy workplace
practice has a positive impact on not only the wellbeing of the employees but also the optimistic
consequences in the form of high employee satisfaction and motivation. Therefore, it is
important for the literature review to extend the discussion in order to get a clear perception of
relationship between the healthy workplace environment and the organisational performance.
Relationship between the healthy workplace practice and organisational
productivity
There are different factors of healthy workplace practice that can contributed to the
practice of organisational productivity effectively. For instance, the work life balance, social