Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Advisor
Mary Vogel
Committee Member
Lisa Carbone
Keywords
change management, employee health, employee smoking policy, vaping policy
Abstract
Employee vaping negatively affects organizations in terms of costs, productivity, employee health, and workplace safety. The purpose of this qualitative dissertation study was to assess organizational policies to determine preferred practices to regulate vaping in the work environment. Open-ended questionnaires with 18 human resources administrators, combined with a literature review, yielded data on best practices for organizational policies regulating vaping in the work environment.The data collected in this qualitative dissertation study were extracted from a structured survey questionnaire comprising 16 questions about vaping and tobacco usage in the workplace. The findings demonstrated that vaping and the use of tobacco products in the workplace was normal in work environments with designated areas for smoking but not typical in workplaces with tobacco-free campuses. Throughout the study, the manner in which employee vaping in the workplace negatively influenced businesses was highlighted as well as strategies that could be utilized to reduce the rate of vaping in the workplace.
NSUWorks Citation
Ayesha Temeka Kirk. 2023. Assessing Organizational Policy: Preferred Practices for Regulating Vaping in the Work Environment. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. (468)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/468.