Three facets of employee wellness: the potential moderating influences of physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
Current research notes a disconnect between well-being programs offered by organizations and those most valued by employees (Agarwal, Bersin, Lahiri, Schwartz, & Violini, 2018). Thus, the current study attempts to better understand the potential influence of health-driven, leisure activities on three worker characteristics, namely, workaholism, work stress, and work engagement. With a greater understanding, we hope to emphasize the importance of comprehensive well-being programs for both employers and employees who may experience any of the aforementioned characteristics. To best assess potential components of a well-being program, three leisure activities of interest (i.e., physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation) were selected. These specific activities were chosen for their alignment with the recognized domains of individual health: physical, mental, and social (“Constitution of the World Health Organization, 2006), respectively. The potential relationships between these factors will be assessed through three questions. The first two questions explore the corollary relationships that may exist between workaholism, work stress, work engagement, and overall participation in leisure activities. This research posits workaholism will be positively related to work stress (Q1:H1), while work engagement will be negatively related to workaholism (Q1:H2) and work stress (Q1:H3). Considering the relationship between worker characteristics and leisure activities, it is hypothesized that participation in leisure activities will be negatively correlated with workaholism (Q2:H1) and work stress (Q2:H2), but positively correlated with work engagement (Q2:H3). The third question considers the potential moderating influence of each identified leisure activity on the relationship between workaholism and work stress. It is anticipated that participation in physical activities (Q3:H1), mindfulness (Q3:H2), and vacation (Q3:H3) will have moderating influences on the relationship between workaholism and work stress, such that as participation in each of these activities increases, the relationship between workaholism and work stress will weaken. The potential moderating influence of a composite measure of leisure participation on the relationship between workaholism and work stress (Q3:H4) will also be assessed. Surveys will be dispersed through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform and will include demographic questions and study measures. Correlations will be obtained to test the first six hypotheses. To test the final four hypotheses regarding the potential moderating influence of leisure activities, a multiple regression analysis will be conducted.
Date
October 2019
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
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License
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Three facets of employee wellness: the potential moderating influences of physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation
Current research notes a disconnect between well-being programs offered by organizations and those most valued by employees (Agarwal, Bersin, Lahiri, Schwartz, & Violini, 2018). Thus, the current study attempts to better understand the potential influence of health-driven, leisure activities on three worker characteristics, namely, workaholism, work stress, and work engagement. With a greater understanding, we hope to emphasize the importance of comprehensive well-being programs for both employers and employees who may experience any of the aforementioned characteristics. To best assess potential components of a well-being program, three leisure activities of interest (i.e., physical activities, mindfulness, and vacation) were selected. These specific activities were chosen for their alignment with the recognized domains of individual health: physical, mental, and social (“Constitution of the World Health Organization, 2006), respectively. The potential relationships between these factors will be assessed through three questions. The first two questions explore the corollary relationships that may exist between workaholism, work stress, work engagement, and overall participation in leisure activities. This research posits workaholism will be positively related to work stress (Q1:H1), while work engagement will be negatively related to workaholism (Q1:H2) and work stress (Q1:H3). Considering the relationship between worker characteristics and leisure activities, it is hypothesized that participation in leisure activities will be negatively correlated with workaholism (Q2:H1) and work stress (Q2:H2), but positively correlated with work engagement (Q2:H3). The third question considers the potential moderating influence of each identified leisure activity on the relationship between workaholism and work stress. It is anticipated that participation in physical activities (Q3:H1), mindfulness (Q3:H2), and vacation (Q3:H3) will have moderating influences on the relationship between workaholism and work stress, such that as participation in each of these activities increases, the relationship between workaholism and work stress will weaken. The potential moderating influence of a composite measure of leisure participation on the relationship between workaholism and work stress (Q3:H4) will also be assessed. Surveys will be dispersed through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform and will include demographic questions and study measures. Correlations will be obtained to test the first six hypotheses. To test the final four hypotheses regarding the potential moderating influence of leisure activities, a multiple regression analysis will be conducted.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology