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In this chapter, we examine in detail the role of different actors in the implementation of health and wellbeing practices and introduce a new concept, that of the delivery context, which relates to how a programme of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives are co-ordinated. We examine the structures and co-ordinating functions of the delivery context, and also the political, cultural and symbolic aspects of the delivery context that influences actors’ behaviours and logics.
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Another example is given in Chap. 3 in relation to a HR manager who did not make time to implement a wellbeing initiative.
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The importance of political and symbolic action is acknowledged tacitly in some models that indicate the importance of representative steering groups and securing commitments from senior management, although the political and symbolic nature of such prescriptions is not made explicit. See Chap. 2.
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Daniels, K., Tregaskis, O., Nayani, R., Watson, D. (2022). Actors and Implementation. In: Achieving Sustainable Workplace Wellbeing. Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00665-4_5
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