Health and well-being in the workplace have become common topics in the mai
nstream media, in practitioner-oriented magazines and journals and increasi
ngly, in scholarly research journals. In this article, we first review the
literature that serves to define health and well-being. We then discuss the
primary factors associated with health and well-being, the consequences of
low levels of health and well-being, and common methods for improving heal
th and well-being in the workplace. Finally, we highlight important future
directions forfeiture theory, research, and practice regarding health and,w
ell-being from an organizational perspective. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc
. All rights reserved.