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... 14 Airport Practices Related to Employee Well-Being Programs This chapter incorporates findings from both the literature review and the survey of airports that focus on employee well-being programs. In the literature review, findings regarding the following were documented and included • Current practices and innovations in employee well-being, • How human resource management (HRM)
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... Airport Practices Related to Employee Well-Being Programs 15 How Human Resource Management Practices Can Affect Employees The previous chapter described the various stressors that affect employees daily. One commonly cited way to mitigate these stressors is to use HRM practices to develop a well-being program that reduces workplace stress and promotes appropriate coping mechanisms.
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... 16 Airport Workforce Programs Supporting Employee Well-Being Homeland Security Committee about insider threats in airports. Depending on perspective, this policy could result in a mutual gains situation or a conflicting outcome.
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... Airport Practices Related to Employee Well-Being Programs 17 by participating in programs, ensuring that managers at all levels are supportive, and leading by example" (McCleary et al.
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... 18 Airport Workforce Programs Supporting Employee Well-Being Survey respondents were also asked about the frequency in which their employee well-being programs are updated. Most respondents (n = 15, 83%)
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... Airport Practices Related to Employee Well-Being Programs 19 the following figures provide additional survey findings for the top four. For each of the four top offerings, the figures provide the following: • Types of stressors addressed by the offering, • Greatest challenges encountered when using the offering, • Average percentage of employees who use the offering, • Strategies to increase participation in the offering, • Common metrics used to measure the effectiveness of the offering, and • Average reported success of the offering: – Survey participants were asked about the success of the offering on a 5-point scale ranging from "highly unsuccessful" (1)
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... 20 Airport Workforce Programs Supporting Employee Well-Being – For these ratings, the mean (M) and SD are presented.
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... Airport Practices Related to Employee Well-Being Programs 21 A few key takeaways from these findings regarding the most commonly used employee well-being programs include the following: • Airports are using a variety of employee well-being programs to provide a variety of opportunities for employees. • While these are the most commonly used well-being offerings, being most commonly used does not mean that they are the most effective offerings.
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... 22 Airport Workforce Programs Supporting Employee Well-Being groups are not targeted for participation in the offerings, and all employees are eligible to participate. There are, however, a few exceptions, that typically target specific groups of employees.

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