**6. Hypotheses development**

WHP is aimed to have physically and mentally healthy employees. Employees should gain also their psychological well‐being, including positive (social) relations with others [49]. One's well‐being depends on warm, rewarding and trustworthy relationships with other people, concerns about the well‐being of others, the ability of empathy, affection and intimacy, and understanding the giving and receiving components of human relationships. These attributes can be developed with WPH: the Law on Safety and Health at Work [1] exposes that leaders should develop and implement each activity for generating safety and health at work in cooperation with employees. Such relations could be developed through:


The first hypothesis therefore considers positive (social) relations with others:

*H1: Leaders and employees established positive (social) relations with others.*

Furthermore, the Law on Safety and Health at Work [1] says that leaders must ensure health and safety at work, hence prepare, plan and implement activities, and consult with employees about the mentioned activities, including informing employees about activities. On the other hand, employees must:

**•** Respect and implement measures to ensure their safety and health at work;


Leaders must build circumstances for healthy workplace and culture in the organization. Hence, the second hypothesis reads:

*H2: There are no statistically significant differences between leaders' and employees' health‐promoting leadership culture in their working environment.*
