Corporate Motivation and Performance to Participate in the Government-Led Health Productivity and Management Initiatives in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study Using Text Mining

Objective: In this study, we aimed to structure motivation for workplace health promotion (WHP) and explore the relationship between motivation and WHP performance.

Methods: We qualitatively categorized the WHP motivations written on the Health Productivity and Management (HPM) survey sheet in Japan. We then quantitatively analyzed the relationship between the categories and their HPM rankings using multiple logistic regression.

Results: Responses from 2003 companies were analyzed. The WHP motivations were summarized into 12 categories. Higher-ranked companies more frequently mentioned corporate impressions, workplace environments, employee productivity, employee autonomy, and system management and less often mentioned recruitment and retention.

Conclusions: For more effective WHPs, companies need to support their current workforce, set specific goals, and allocate resources in the appropriate direction, such as increasing work engagement.