Downloads: 148 | Views: 320
Research Paper | Management | Zimbabwe | Volume 3 Issue 9, September 2014 | Popularity: 7 / 10
The Effect of Workplace HIV and Aids Programme Policy Awareness on Employee Benefit
Ennie Zowa
Abstract: This Article is largely informed by reflective experiences and insights gained during a field-based research project titled THE STATE OF WORKPLACE HIV AND AIDS PROGRAMMES IN ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF COMPANIES LISTED ON THE ZIMBABWE STOCK EXCHANGE. The PhD Thesis research project, undertaken in Zimbabwe between June 2012 and July 2014, explores the operational architecture and dynamics of workplace HIV and AIDS policy and wellness program interventions in Zimbabwe. The exploratory study is located and anchored in the context of Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM), employee wellness programming and Staff welfare as Business strategies. The study investigated workplace HIV and AIDS programming motivations, applications, enablers, constraints and prospects especially considering apparent Zimbabwe national realities like: the epidemic is threatening to decimate the productive age groups of the Zimbabwean population, the country has relatively high national prevalence and incidence rates and businesses have generally been struggling due to adversarial national economic conditions. Motivated by a desire to contribute to on-going policy and programming debates on how to sustain programming momentum and increase workplace HIV and AIDS interventions employee benefit in Zimbabwe, the Article fuses study findings with evaluative reflections on workplace HIV and AIDS policy and programming implementation dilemmas largely emanating from a non-performing national economy essentially characterized by rampant job looses (high unemployment rates) as a result of a distressed Companies align and adjust to turbulence in the business operational environment. It focuses is on some fundamental policy and programming issues mitigating against increasing employee beneficiation in workplace HIV and AIDS programming interventions especially considering that main NARP survival threats are numerous business closures induced by difficult operational conditions. The Article interrogates thematic focus issues around improving and enhancing the availability, affordability, accessibility, sustainability and relevance of workplace HIV and AIDS interventions to their intended benefactors, the Company workforce (employees) especially in the context of national economic turbulence, diminishing business commitment to social capital development, declining social programming investments, deteriorating social service provision mechanisms, failing traditional social security forms, deteriorating working conditions social services delivery amidst collapsing social security schemes. The ultimate purpose of the Article was realizing the following practice enhancement objectives: 1. To contribute towards the development of effective workplace HIV and AIDS policies 2. To share with senior corporate managers some policy-related insights gained from my study on workplace 3. To motivate business management leaders to develop comprehensive workplace policy frameworks 4. To sharpen business capacities for policy formulation, implementation, development and evaluation skills 5. To provoke critical assessment (evaluation) of the application of the concept and notion of employee welfare
Keywords: Workplace HIV and AIDS interventions, Workplace HIV policy awareness, Employee benefit, employee health, welfare, wellness, productivity and longevity
Edition: Volume 3 Issue 9, September 2014
Pages: 492 - 504
Make Sure to Disable the Pop-Up Blocker of Web Browser
Similar Articles
Downloads: 78 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1
Research Paper, Management, Sri Lanka, Volume 7 Issue 9, September 2018
Pages: 897 - 902A Study on Employees Health and Safety Facilities and their Impact on Employees Satisfaction in the Construction Firms-Jaffna District
Logendran Mayuran
Downloads: 134
Research Paper, Management, Indonesia, Volume 6 Issue 10, October 2017
Pages: 1666 - 1670Employee Perceptions about Influence of Performance Appraisal Factors with Managerial Decision in PT ASKRINDO
Daryl Darussalam, Musa Hubeis, Joko Afandi
Downloads: 134
Research Paper, Management, Greece, Volume 8 Issue 9, September 2019
Pages: 544 - 547Assessing Health and Safety Risks in Regional Airport Enterprises
Maria Sartzetaki, Vivi Asprouli, Dimitrios Dimitriou, Theodoros Konstantinidis
Downloads: 145
Research Paper, Management, India, Volume 2 Issue 8, August 2013
Pages: 158 - 161A Study on Stress Management among Employees at Sakthi Finance Limited, Coimbatore
R. Gomathi, R. Deepika
Downloads: 204 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1
Research Paper, Management, China, Volume 9 Issue 3, March 2020
Pages: 208 - 218The Impact of Non-Mandatory Employee Benefits on Organization's Employee Turnover Intention: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment
Victor Kutsaira, Wu Cisheng