Keywords

Exercise, Job satisfaction, Job stress, Physical fitness, Stress (Psychology), Interactive process model, Exercise as moderator, Physiological stress responses, Job satisfaction and performance, Engineers (occupational sample)

Abstract

Stress in organizations is a critical phenomenon of our times. Research to date has focused on specific job-related stressors such as role conflict, ambiguity and supervisory relationships utilizing satisfaction and performance as outcome variables. Results have often been ambiguous and non-conclusive. However, a variety of common physiological responses have been found to play a major role in stress reaction and management. Furthermore, numerous studies have demonstrated a moderating effect of exercise on physiological stress responses. This correlational study, based on a hypothetical Interactive Process Model of Stress Correlates, where fitness is the measure of stress, proposed to link stress-related variables with job satisfaction and performance. It was hypothesized that a positive relationship between fitness and performance/satisfaction would emerge. However, analyses of date from sixty-four engineers at a major corporation in Orlando, Florida, found no such relationships. Presented here are a review of pertinent literature, study results and examination of why a relationship between fitness and performance/satisfaction may not be a straightforward as predicted.

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Graduation Date

1986

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Abbott, David W.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree Program

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Format

PDF

Pages

54 pages

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0019489

Subjects

Job stress--Research; Stress (Physiology)--Research; Exercise--Physiological aspects--Research; Physical fitness--Research; Job stress--Psychological aspects

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David W. Abbott (Q57702340)

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