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Berube, Wendy-Jo. "Profiling Employees Participation in Employer Sponsored Fitness Programs in Maine." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BerubeWJ2003.pdf.
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Badland, Hannah M. "Physical activity in a sample of New Zealand professional employees this thesis is submitted to the Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Health Science, December 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.
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Perkins, Scott. "Self-Regulation and Physical Activity in WKU Employees." TopSCHOLAR®, 2013. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1233.
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Many Americans do not engage in the recommended amount of physical activity, and thus do not receive the potential physical and mental health benefits from physical activity. Stage of change is a model that categorizes individuals into one of five stages based on behavior and intentions for future behavior. This model is useful for promoting physical activity because it allows for tailoring of interventions to individuals with different physical activity levels and readiness for change. The main purpose of this research was to test if more adaptive scores for Essential Self-Regulation Model (ESRM) constructs are found for persons in higher stages of change. Analyses included 96 Western Kentucky University faculty and staff to test the hypothesis that as stage of change increases, the more adaptive the scores will be in regard to the ESRM constructs, including: self-determination (i.e., subtypes of motivation), self-efficacy, attributions, goal setting, strategy use, and self-monitoring. The results supported this hypothesis for intrinsic, integrated, and identified subtypes of motivation, cost, self-efficacy, and goal setting. Constructs that were not significant but had results in the hypothesized direction were introjected and amotivated subtypes of motivation, strategy use, and selfmonitoring. Attribution scores resulted in the opposite of the hypothesized direction. Conclusions, limitations, implications, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Woo, Boyun. "Cultural Effects on Work Attitudes and Behaviors: The Case of American and Korean Fitness Employees." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1241612067.
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Birtwhistle, Kristen Elizabeth. "An analysis of health related physical fitness measurements and absenteeism of employees participating in worksite wellness program." Scholarly Commons, 1988. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2153.
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Marais, Mione'. "The association between sedentary behaviour, physical activity and coronary artery disease risk factors in employees at tertiary institute in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13823.
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Background Sedentary behaviour has incrementally increased over the past few years. The scientific community recognises this behaviour as a twenty first century disease which reflects the detrimental effects of excessive sitting on several adverse functional and clinical health outcomes, such as chronic disease, in the general adult population. Many evolving contemporary occupations require that employees sit an average of eight hours per day at work stations or office desks, especially when using communication technology. Even after accounting for the self-reported time spent in recommended physical activity, the negative dose-response relationship between time spent in sedentary behaviour and the all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality still remain. Aim: To establish a profile of sedentary behaviour as well as levels of physical activity and coronary artery disease risk factors in employees at a tertiary institute in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Another aim is to determine whether an association exists between the aforementioned variables.
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Middleton, Juliana D. "Facilitation of Social Cognitive Constructs in an Employee Wellness Exercise Intervention Program." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/54/.
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Ball, Susan J. (Susan Jean). "The Effectiveness of an Exercise Intervention Program in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Among Employees in a University Setting." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500773/.
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Nine physiological measures were evaluated pre- to post-intervention on subjects participating in a university health promotion program over a seven-month period. Frequency of program attendance and choice of activity were also assessed. Of the 88 employees initially screened, most of the subjects were staff members (n=82, 93%),with a majority being female (n=68, 77%). Significant differences in physiological measures were found pre- to post-intervention between "higher" and "lower" cardiovascular risk participants, primarily due to the type of activity chosen. .The results indicate that health promotion programs at a university are an effective way to have an impact on employees in reducing their cardiovascular risk factors.
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Schouw, Darcelle D. "The effect of a physical wellness pathway on the chronic absenteeism of shift workers at an Eskom power station." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53629.
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Thesis (MScSportSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For many companies, health care can consume half of corporate profits or more. Some employers look to cost sharing, cost shifting, managed care plans, risk rating and cash based rebates or incentives. These methods merely shift costs. Absenteeism in South Africa claims 3.2% of all scheduled work hours, 43 000 work hours per week, 9 days lost per employee per year and 1 employee in every 15 on a weekly basis. The main objective of this study was to establish the effect of a physical wellness intervention on the chronic absenteeism of a governmental company like Eskom. Fiftyfour males with a mean age of 42.13 years, participated in the program. Morphological and physiological variables included fat percentage; body mass index (BMI), cholesterol, blood pressure (BP), flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, waist circumference and muscle endurance. The participants were divided into four groups consisting of 12-15 individuals. Data was collected over a period of six months (March-August 2001). There were six sessions in which the subjects participated namely: wellness awareness, general body wellness, heart wellness, stress wellness, posture wellness and nutritional wellness. These sessions focussed on education, testing and physical activity, with follow-ups and maintenance at the Biokinetic rehabilitation station. Trends for the group were traced using a statistical analysis for absenteeism tallying the GSAR (gross sickness absentee rate) and AFR (absentee frequency rate) for the participants. The GSAR and AFR were significantly lower during the intervention. The return of investment was calculated based on the amount of hours worked per month on the August 2001 payroll, where the increment figure is based on an average increase of 7.9%. The result of the study concluded that work-site body wellness is health care reform that works, with absenteeism decreasing significantly and an improved employee health status.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Baie maatskappye kan die helfte of meer van hul wins aan gesondheidsorg spandeer. Sommige werkgewers oorweeg kostedeling, verskuiwing van kostes, gesondheidsorgplanne, risikobepaling en kontantkortings of aansporings. Hierdie metodes skuif eerder net koste. In Suid-Afrika word 3.2% van alle geskeduleerde werksure as gevolg van afwesigheid verloor, 43 000 werksure per week, 9 dae per werknemer per jaar en 1 werknemer uit elke 15 op 'n weeklikse basis. Die hoofdoel van hierdie studie was om die effek van 'n fisieke welstand intervensie op die chroniese afwesigheid van 'n parastatale maatskappy soos Eskom daar te stel. Vier en vyftig mans met 'n gemiddelde ouderdom van 42.13 jaar het aan die program deelgeneem. Morfologiese en fisiologiese veranderlikes het vetpersentasie; liggaamsmass-indeks (LMI), cholesterol, bloeddruk (BD), soepelheid, kardiovaskulêre uithouvermoë, abdominale omtrek en spieruithouvermoë ingesluit. Die deelnemers is in vier groepe verdeel wat uit 12-15 persone bestaan het. Data is oor 'n periode van ses maande ingesamel (Maart-Augustus 2001). Die deelnemers het aan die volgende ses sessies deelgeneem: bewustheid van welstand, algemene liggaamlike welstand, hartwelstand, streswelstand, postuurwelstand en dieetwelstand. Hierdie sessies het op die opvoeding, toetsing en fisieke aktiwiteit gefokus met opvolg-ondersoeke en instandhouding by die Biokinetika rehabilitasiestasie. Neigings vir die groep is opgevolg deur statistiese analise vir afwesigheid deur die TSAS (totale siekte afwesigheidsyfer) en AFS (afwesigheidsfrekwensiesyfer) vir die deelnemers aan te teken. Die TSAS en AFS was beduidend laer tydens die intervensie. Die beleggingsopbrengs is bereken op die aantal ure per maand op die Augustus 2001 . betaalstaat met die toenamesyfer gebaseer op die gemiddelde verhoging van 7.9%. Die resultaat van die studie is dat liggaamlike welstand by die werksplek voordelig is vir gesondheidsorgverbetering en dat afwesigheid beduidend afneem terwyl daar ook 'n verbetering in die gesondheidstatus van werknemers was.
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Kohn, Eva-Lena, and Annika Lundskog. "Anställdas inställning till friskvårdsbidraget, hälsa och motion : En kvantitativ enkätstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för vård och natur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-8504.
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Hälsofrämjande arbete på arbetsplatsen är av stor betydelse för att uppnå god hälsa i befolkningen. Det för arbetstagaren skattefria friskvårdsbidraget som många arbetsgivare erbjuder bidrar till att främja hälsan i företag och organisationer. Syftet med undersökningen var att ta reda på hur anställda på en arbetsplats förhåller sig till friskvårdsbidraget och vilka orsakerna är till att det utnyttjas eller inte utnyttjas. Ett andra syfte var att beskriva de anställdas motionsvanor och inställning till hälsa. Designen var en tvärsnittsstudie och ansatsen var en kvantitativ, deskriptiv undersökning. Studiepopulationen var arbetstagare på en arbetsplats vilka erbjöds ett friskvårdsbidrag. Urvalet var 134 anställda på företaget Anticimex Region Norr. Datainsamling skedde via webbaserad enkät. Svarsfrekvensen var 38 %. 45 % av respondenterna utnyttjade friskvårdsbidraget. Okunskap, otillfredsställande aktiviteter, för lågt bidragsbelopp samt komplicerade regler för användning av bidraget angavs som orsaker till icke-utnyttjande. Träningsfrekvensen skiljde sig mellan de som utnyttjade och de som inte utnyttjade bidraget men alla respondenter uppgav att hälsa var betydelsefullt för dem. Det finns flera möjligheter till förbättring för de arbetsgivare som strävar efter att friskvårdsbidraget utnyttjas av fler medarbetare och önskar skapa ett bättre arbetsklimat på arbetsplatsen. Informationsspridning bör ske via fler kanaler och hälsofrämjande aktiviteter bör erbjudas på arbetsplatsen.In order to promote health in the population, the health promotion offered through the workplace is essential. The health care allowance which is offered by many employers contributes to the health promotion within businesses and organizations. The purpose of the survey was to find out how employees in a workplace relate to the health care allowance and what the underlying reasons are for its use or non-use. A second objective was to describe the employees' fitness habits and attitude towards health. The design was a cross-sectional study and the approach was a quantitative, descriptive study. The study population was employees in workplaces where a health care allowance was offered. The sample was 134 employees at the company Anticimex Region Norr. Data collection was done through a web-based questionnaire. The response rate was 38 %. 45 % of the respondents used the health care allowance. Stated reasons for the non-use of the allowance were; ignorance, unsatisfactory activities, too small amount of the allowance and complexity of the rules. Training frequency differed between those who used and those who did not use the allowance but all respondents stated that health was important to them. For employers who seek to extend the use of the health care allowance among their employees and aim to create better working environment there are several opportunities for improvement. More channels for the distribution of information could be one alternative and health promotion activities ought to be offered in the workplace.
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Lee, Patrick Quinn. "Essays in occupational fitness and absenteeism." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25151.
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Occupational fitness programs have enjoyed enormous popularity over the course of the past decade. Their continuing penetration into all sectors of the business community coupled with the rapid growth of organizations serving professional fitness personnel, suggests that their presence may be permanent.
A major reason for the popularity of occupational fitness programs, is the claim that fitness programs can reduce employee absenteeism. Two important issues at this time are:
(1) the role of physical fitness in mediating sickness absence behavior, and,
(2) the role of participation in occupational fitness programs as a way of enhancing worker attendance motivation.
These issues fit in well with the Steers & Rhodes (1978) Process Model, a conceptual framework which deals with employee absenteeism from the standpoints of ability to attend (ie. high fitness) and motivation to attend (ie. high morale). The Steers & Rhodes theoretical model was chosen as an appropriate vehicle to guide this study. Part I reviewed the claim that physical fitness as a physiological state, is inversely related to sickness absence among employees. The literature review suggested that fit employees would miss fewer days from work than unfit employees. The prediction that physical fitness and sickness absence will be inversely related, formed the core of the hypotheses generated in Part I. In addition, hypotheses were also developed concerning the possible effects of gender, age, length of service and company affiliation.
Correlational analyses were performed on several physiological and absence variables obtained from a sample of employees from the years 1979 through 1984.
Modest but significant inverse correlations were found to exist between MVO₂ and a number of different absence measures. The magnitude of these correlations disappeared in some cases when the groups were controlled for gender.
Significant correlations were also found between variables such as length of service and absence or age and absence. Absence patterns for males and females and management and classified employees also showed significant group differences. These results point to the need to consider these personal and socio cultural variables when attempting to describe any relationships between occupational fitness and absenteeism. Part II chose the Steers & Rhodes concept of motivation to attend. Based on the review of literature, it was expected that participants in the company fitness program would report positive changes in a number of attitudinal and personal variables.
A simple questionnaire was developed to assess this change, and the entire population of a very large (n=1076) corporate fitness program was polled.
Respondents in the main, indicated a significant improvement in their personal perception of a number of different attitudinal variables. The magnitude of this improvement was significantly related to the length of time they have been members of the program and their degree of participation in the programEducation, Faculty of
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Grace, Jeanne Martin. "Impact of a worksite physical wellness programme on sick leave, absenteeism and health-related fitness." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2001. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05232007-153642.
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Cumin, Michelle Brenda. "Reduction of risk for lifestyle diseases group diet and physical activity intervention in the workplace : [thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of] Master of Applied Science, Auckland University of Technology, June 2004." Full thesis. Abstract, 2004.
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Scandurra, Anita Joan. "A study investigating the effect of exercise, membership in a corporate fitness center, and health risk/lifestyle behaviors on absenteeism at the Columbia Gas General Office Facility from July 1984-June 1986 /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487335992902661.
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Siriprasert, Jirakorn. "The effects of physical fitness programs on the job performance of full-time employees in public universities of Oregon /." 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9833.
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Grace, Jeanne Martin. "Impact of a worksite physical wellness programme on sick leave, absenteeism and health-related fitness." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24902.
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Please read the abstract (Synopsis) in the section 00front of this documentDissertation (MA (Human Movement Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Hsu, Kuo-En, and 徐國恩. "A Research on the Relationship between Hospital Employee’s Involvement in Workplace Health Promotion Program and Their Physical Fitness Performance." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83642472137680696527.
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between participation in workplace health promotion program and physical fitness performance. We use health promotion points to quantify the degree of participation in workplace health promotion program and classified the points into three categories as physical exercise, health promotion knowledge and individual health management. Every category contents different items of health promotion activities; participation of each certified health promotion activities will score one health promotion point. Higher score represents higher participation in activities of health promotion program, and we use employee’s physical fitness performance data to investigate the relationship between their degree of participation in workplace health promotion program and their physical fitness performance strength. In this study, we use selection sampling approach, collected samples via a district hospital in Taoyuan city, total 866 samples. Research found that the overall participation of employees in the workplace health promotion program activity is not high. Overall physical fitness status is “below average” in the majority. The highest participation rate of workplace health promotion program activities is individual health management activities; the least is the sports activities. Overall participation rate is highest in the administrative staff and senior staff. The higher the degree of participation in workplace health promotion program activities, including physical exercise activities, health promotion knowledge and overall participation, the higher the overall score in physical fitness performance. Using prediction model of regression analysis, the he most significant predictive power of physical fitness performance is ‘gender’, ‘individual health management score’, ‘physical exercise score’ and ‘ overall score’.
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Lovelace, Kathi J. "Survival of the fittest: An investigation of the relationship between stressful work environments, physical fitness, and employee well -being." 2002. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3039373.
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This study analyzed the relationship between stressful work environments, physical fitness, and employee well-being, and proposed the “survival of the fittest” model. The “survival of the fittest” model was tested to determine whether physical fitness reduced the negative health outcomes of stressful work environments. Stressful work environments were framed through the job demands-control model (Karasek, 1979), and employee well-being was assessed through cardiovascular health and psychological well-being. Physical fitness was measured as cardiorespiratory endurance. Main effect and interaction effect models were tested using hierarchical regression and nonlinear structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses techniques. This study showed that employee well-being is negatively affected by current work trends. The results indicated that the interaction effect of high strain jobs (high job demands and low job control) negatively affected cardiovascular health, but not psychological well-being. Psychological well-being was negatively affected by high job demands, and low job control independently (main effects), whereas cardiovascular health was not negatively affected by these main effects. The results also indicated that fitness, when measured as a state, did not produce the hypothesized stress reducing effects, nor the expected improvements in cardiovascular health and psychological well-being. A discussion of these results includes an analysis of group differences, an evaluation of the fitness measure, and an examination of the sample population. This dissertation contributed to the occupational health and stress literature by offering conceptual and methodological improvements over past research. Specifically, I analyzed the job demands-control model through a focused measure of job control and a descriptive measure of job demands. Psychological well-being included the emotional exhaustion measure of burnout, and a measure of anxiety and depression not previously tested in this literature stream. Objective measures of cardiovascular health (blood pressure) and physical fitness (step test) were obtained, and data were gathered from a cross-sectional sample of 100 working adults. Furthermore, the application of nonlinear SEM techniques allowed for the simultaneous examination of physiological and psychological health outcomes, which provided a holistic view of the work stress and employee well-being relationship not previously found in this literature.
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Bhoodram, Pravesh Amichand. "Stress levels as a rationale for the establishment of an employee recreation programme in the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29286.
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In this study, human movement studies, physical education, recreation and its contributions and stress have been placed in proper perspective. Conditions within the Department of Correctional Services regarding situations leading to the generation of stress in employees are also placed in perspective. Stress within the Department of Correctional Services is a growing concern both for Management and employees. This study is aimed at identifying stressors both from within as well as outside the work context as well as reviewing the relationship between stress and physical activity (sport and recreation) in general as well as in the context of the Department of Correctional Services sport policy. Heads of prisons have been selected for the purposes of this study as they are constantly under pressure. Heads of Prisons in the Department of Correctional Services are ranked according to the size of the prisons they supervise. Subsequently a Head of Prison could be ranked from a Correctional Official (CO) to an Assistant (ASD) or Deputy Director (DD). Although there are many methods of reducing stress this study proposes to view physical activity and recreation as a central part of life, much like sleeping and to show that sport and recreation can serve to balance work by providing restorative refractory periods as well as reducing stress. This study has shown that conditions in the workplace are a major contributor to stress. The study also shows that the DCS has excellent sporting facilities in most Management Areas and that these need to be utilised fully. The DCS sport and recreation policy should be reviewed to ensure that DCS employees make optimum use of the opportunities to participate in sport and recreation. Copyright 2001, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Bhoodram, PA 2001, Stress levels as a rationale for the establishment of an employee recreation programme in the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11072005-161621 / >Dissertation (MA (Human Movement Science))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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