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**Chapter 3**

*Young Lee*

**Abstract**

Workplace Health and Its Impact

Health, a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being according to the World Health Organization, is a critical issue in the workplace as it is directly related to human capital, the most important and expensive asset of an organization. When it comes to workplace health, there are seven key performance indicators to consider. These include physical fitness, physical comfort, physical nourishment, cognitive well-being, social well-being, emotional well-being, and environmental well-being. Various environmental attributes in these seven KPIs in the workplace affect not only health but also performance and engagement of employees via their physical, mental, and social interactions within the environment. For instance, ergonomics, acoustics, lighting, thermal comfort, and olfactory comfort address the overall physical comfort while biophilic components contribute to employee cognitive functions as well as their capacity to cope with mental stress and fatigue. These seven KPIs of workplace health ultimately contribute to five positive organizational outcomes, including healthy organizational culture, higher productivity, improved individual health and safety, financial savings, and enhanced reputation of the organization. This chapter discusses critical health factors in the workplace and their contributions to the capacity of human capital at the

**Keywords:** KPIs of workplace health, PROWELL, human performance, physical

We now often hear that chronic diseases are the great health epidemics of our times. This expresses critical concerns about rapidly growing and spreading chronic diseases across the world. Chronic diseases have been blamed for over 60% of all deaths and are expected to grow to nearly 75% by 2020 [1]. The main driver behind this trend is a shift from physical labor-intensive primary industries to knowledgeintensive industries and a technologically advanced lifestyle, which led to physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle, and unhealthy dietary behaviors. These factors are the causes of intermediate risks such as overweight and obesity, which explain incidents of the majority of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

on Human Capital: Seven Key

Performance Indicators of

Workplace Health

individual as well as organizational levels.

**1. Global health epidemics**

fatigue, mental restoration, organizational health outcomes
