Designing and explaining health-oriented leadership strategies in public companies

Today, human capitals have a special place in government companies and maintaining their physical and mental health is of particular importance. The results of the studies show that leaders play an important role in creating a healthy work environment for employees, which in leadership theories refers to the health-oriented leadership style as a new style. The purpose of this research is to design a strategic model of health-oriented leadership in public companies. This research has a developmental-applicative purpose and is in the category of mixed research. In the qualitative step of the research, thematic Analysis strategy was used to design the model. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 executive experts in state-owned firms and university experts who were purposefully selected. In the quantitative part, the validation of the strategic model was done with confirmatory factor analysis method and Smart PLS software. For this purpose, 158 managers and experts were asked for their opinions using a questionnaire.Based on the findings, four strategies including management of employees' quality of life, job actions, management and leadership style, and environmental strategies were identified and all the identified strategies have been confirmed. Also, the priority of the strategies are environmental strategies, occupational strategies, and quality of life management with factor loadings of 0.808, 0.650, and 0.640 respectively. Finally the results of the research showed that the health of employees and leaders is the result of a set of the above conditions And healthy leaders must consider these things together to improve the level of health in the organization.