TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Prolonged workplace sitting can harm employee health. Sit-stand desks are a potential workplace health initiative that might reduce and break up the time office-based employees spend sitting in the workplace. However, little is known about the feasibility and acceptability of providing sit-stand desks. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approach The present study sought stakeholder employee views surrounding sit-stand desk implementation within two UK-based non-profit organisations with open-plan offices. This paper draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews with 26 stakeholder employees and 65 days of participant observations. Data were analysed using thematic analysis, and organisational cultural theory framed the study.Findings Stakeholders employees’ positioning of sit-stand desks as a workplace health initiative reflected their perceptions of the relationship between sit-stand desk provision, employee health and organisational effectiveness. Perceptions were shaped by the nature and context of the organisation and by occupation-specific processes. Relatively fixed (e.g. organisational structure) and modifiable (e.g. selecting products compatible with the environment) factors were found to restrict and facilitate the perceived feasibility of implementing sit-stand desks.Practical implications The findings offer several recommendations for workplaces to improve stakeholder employee attitudes towards sit-stand desk provision and to increase the ease and efficiency of implementation.Originality/value Whilst extant literature has tended to examine hypothetical views related to sit-stand desk provision, this study consulted relevant stakeholders following, and regarding, the sit-stand desk implementation process.
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SN  - 1753-8351
DO  - 10.1108/IJWHM-02-2019-0026
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-02-2019-0026
AU  - Hall Jennifer
AU  - Kay Tess
AU  - McConnell Alison K.
AU  - Mansfield Louise
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Implementation of sit-stand desks as a workplace health initiative: stakeholder views
T2  - International Journal of Workplace Health Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 369
EP  - 386
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -