Strategies to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Hybrid or Remote Workers: the Strategies for Implementation
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sedentary behavior, hybrid work, remote workAbstract
The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in changing in the way of life of people in society, particularly the shift from traditional working styles to hybrid and remote working. As a result, office workers who have changed their working styles will increase sedentary behaviors (SB) in daily life. This article aims to present guidelines to reduce SB for office workers who work in hybrid or remote work. The current approach to reducing SB in office workers who work in hybrid or remote work consists of a focus on programs that use the internet and technology as mediators to perform activities at both an organizational and individual levels. The program at the organizational level consists of supporting the physical environment, rewarding, and having a role model for change in behavioral and organizational culture to reduce SB while; and that for the individual level is on behavior modification. The proposed guidelines will help office workers, agencies, organizations, researchers, or stakeholders to apply or develop programs to adapt to the development of technology, social, cultural, and environmental contexts including the way of life of person and organization to reduce SB for office workers.
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