Improving wellbeing at work

The article discusses the importance of workplace wellbeing strategies in order to improve workplace performance. Also cited are the adverse effects of a weak psychosocial environment like eliciting negative coping strategies, the meaning of wellbeing at work, and the employee wellbeing programme introduced by a food manufacturer in Kent, England, to achieve good workplace wellbeing.

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