Organizational Health
In a context where employees’ quality of life, well-being and psychological health are currently central concerns for managers and workplaces in general, organizational health issues are unavoidable. However, despite growing interest from researchers and practitionners, organizational health has been conceptualized in multiple ways and still is to date a research topic in evolution. In such a context, this paper reviews contemporary approaches in organizational health, and investigates how this field is approached by Quebec researchers. In order to document the current state of knowledge, a litterature review was first performed. Second, a consultative survey was administered to scientific experts in Quebec. The results from both the literature review and the survey identified that organizational health is a concept referring to various significations, in need of a more global perspective, and that goes beyond the work domain. However, contrary to the literature, experts refer mainly to psychological health, and less to physical health. They also anticipate that future research avenues in this field will be more focused on organizational factors. The results lead to a better understanding of the current state of knowledge about organizational health, as well as its evolution, and lead to the identification of emerging tendencies that may influence future scientific orientation for the psychological health at work strategical axis of the Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Research Network.