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Does a healthy lifestyle matter? A daily diary study of unhealthy eating at home and behavioral outcomes at work
While workers are being encouraged to get enough sleep, do physical activities, and eat a healthy diet to stay productive at work, Cho & Kim (2022) claim that there has yet to be a study that provides a theoretical framework or empirical evidence on the association between employees’ unhealthy eating behaviors and the quality of their performance. This present study tests a moderated mediation model to evaluate the connection between healthy and unhealthy lifestyles, and personal well-being and performance at work. Ninety-seven full-time workers were monitored daily for 2 weeks. It was revealed that employees’ unhealthy eating behavior in the evening led to emotional (guilt) and physical (stomachache, diarrhea) strain the next morning. Moreover, those who experienced these physical and emotional strains in the morning also showed decreased performance quality (less helpful and exhibiting more behaviours related to withdrawal) in the afternoon. Furthermore, emotional stability was discovered to moderate the relationship between unhealthy eating behavior and morning strains. In other words, employees with higher emotional stability tended to feel less negative emotions and experience fewer physical symptoms.
[NPID: lifestyles, performance, workers, employee, workforce, eating at work]
Year: 2022
