Corporate Occupational Health Tool
Assessment Design & Validation Case Study
Project Overview
This project involved the design of a multi-construct occupational health assessment developed to evaluate psychosocial risk factors among corporate employees in a large, complex enterprise environment. The tool was designed to support internal audit and organizational health diagnostics, with a specific focus on non-management and lower-management corporate roles.
The assessment was intentionally scoped for corporate functions, recognizing that work context, role demands, and feasibility considerations differ significantly from frontline or retail environments.
Business Problem
Employee engagement survey results indicated elevated risk across stress, workload, autonomy, and well-being domains. Leadership required a more rigorous, research-backed diagnostic approach to move beyond high-level engagement scores and better understand the organizational drivers contributing to employee strain and reduced effectiveness.
Assessment Design Approach
The assessment integrates multiple validated psychosocial constructs selected based on:
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Areas of concern identified through engagement data
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Established relevance in occupational health and organizational research
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Strong psychometric properties and practical applicability
Constructs assessed include:
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Occupational stress and pressure management
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Job autonomy and locus of control
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Work–nonwork interaction (conflict and enrichment)
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Organizational constraints and health efficacy
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Employee well-being and burnout indicators
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Perceived social support
Each scale was selected based on published reliability coefficients and supporting validity evidence, including construct, convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity.
Psychometric Foundations
All measures included in the audit tool were drawn from well-established, peer-reviewed instruments widely used in occupational health and organizational psychology research. Scale selection prioritized:
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Acceptable to strong internal consistency (Cronbach’s α)
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Evidence of validity across diverse samples
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Balance between measurement rigor and enterprise feasibility
This approach ensured the assessment was both scientifically grounded and practical for organizational use.
Capabilities Demostrated
This project highlights my experience in:
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Assessment architecture and construct mapping
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Translating organizational concerns into measurable dimensions
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Evaluating and selecting psychometrically sound instruments
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Designing enterprise-ready diagnostic tools
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Applying occupational health and I-O psychology principles in real-world contexts
Potential Applications
When deployed, this assessment can support:
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Identification of psychosocial risk hotspots across corporate functions
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Targeted intervention planning (e.g., workload, autonomy, manager enablement)
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Ongoing organizational health monitoring
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Data-informed workforce and organizational effectiveness strategies
This project is presented as a sample assessment development case study. Full instruments and item banks are not publicly shared.
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