Mobile Health Applications in Workplace Health Promotion: An Integrated Conceptual Adoption Framework

Mobile health applications have proved very useful in preventive healthcare. Yet, neither theorists nor practitioners have considered mobile health applications in the context of workplace health promotion. This paper aims to fill this gap by discussing the suitability of mobile health applications as a measure of workplace health promotion and the underlying motivations that drive employees to adopt the use of mobile health applications in the workplace. Drawing on the technology acceptance model, health belief model, and the theory of planned behavior, constructs affecting adoption behavior are identified, relevant propositions are arrived at, and managerial implications are discussed.