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Chapter 4: Results and Findings
This study sought to understand one university’s promising practices relating to the
problem of high rates of university employee sedentary behavior. Employee physical activity
programming offered during the workday demonstrated promise engaging employees in
consistent physical activity. The mixed methods design of this study included a survey of
employee participants in the physical activity program and interviews with a subset of survey
participants. The quantitative and qualitative data gathered revealed participating employees’
experiences with knowledge, motivation, and organizational needs and influences relating to
workday physical activity and will inform subsequent recommendations found in Chapter 5. This
chapter begins with a description of participating stakeholders in the study and is followed by a
discussion of the findings and results of the study. Two research questions guided this study:
1. What is the stakeholder knowledge and motivation related to reducing university
employee sedentary behavior?
2. What is the interaction between the culture and context of PCU and Get Fit, and
stakeholder knowledge and motivation?
Participating Stakeholders
The stakeholders of this study were employees of the College of Liberal Studies at
Pacific Crest University who participate in the Get Fit lunchtime physical activity program.
Information about the characteristics of the participating stakeholders is offered below.
Survey Respondents
Employees participating in the survey include those of multiple genders, ages, and years
of service to the university. Of the 24 survey respondents, 19 (79%) identified as female, three
(12%) as male, one as non-binary (4%), and one declined to state their gender (4%). Participants
were represented by five age categorizations with the following distribution: six (25%) were 20–
Object Description
| Title | Physical activity interventions to reduce rates of sedentary behavior among university employees: a promising practice study |
| Author | DeFrank, Ginny Mary |
| Author email | ginnydefrank@gmail.com;defrank@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Organizational Change and Leadership (On Line) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2020-06-19 |
| Date submitted | 2020-08-11 |
| Date approved | 2020-08-11 |
| Restricted until | 2020-08-11 |
| Date published | 2020-08-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Malloy, Courtney |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Canny, Eric Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to understand factors influencing employee participation in a university-offered physical activity program to inform recommendations for other institutions of higher education seeking to address high rates of university employee sedentary behavior with physical activity programming. The instructor-led program was held four times per week beginning at noon each day and lasted one hour in duration on a university campus in the western United States. The program, which was offered at no cost to employees, typically served 20-30 participants each week. The Clark and Estes Gap Analytic Framework (2008) was employed to assess relevant knowledge, motivation, and organizational influences affecting university employee engagement with the physical activity program. The study utilized a convergent parallel mixed methods design, engaging 24 university employees by means of a fifty-four-item quantitative survey. Six survey respondents also participated in interviews. Research findings revealed the importance of the interplay of employee factual and metacognitive knowledge, as well as motivation influences including self-efficacy and expectancy value within the organization’s cultural models and settings. Recommendations for other institutions seeking to engage employees in physical activity were informed by the findings and supported by a review of literature. Recommendations include the use of training, communication strategies, information guides, modeling, and opportunities for reflection to meet employee knowledge and motivational needs. Evaluating and changing organizational policies, cultural values, and existing physical activity programming was recommended to ensure employees understand an organization’s support for participation in physical activity. Additionally, implications for practice involved a focus on the role of instructors and the development of communities of continuity to support and improve rates of university employee engagement in physical activity during the workday. |
| Keyword | sedentary behavior; physical activity; workplace physical activity; physical activity intervention; university physical activity; exercise |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | DeFrank, Ginny Mary |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-DeFrankGin-8921.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume13/etd-DeFrankGin-8921.pdf |
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| Full text | 74 Chapter 4: Results and Findings This study sought to understand one university’s promising practices relating to the problem of high rates of university employee sedentary behavior. Employee physical activity programming offered during the workday demonstrated promise engaging employees in consistent physical activity. The mixed methods design of this study included a survey of employee participants in the physical activity program and interviews with a subset of survey participants. The quantitative and qualitative data gathered revealed participating employees’ experiences with knowledge, motivation, and organizational needs and influences relating to workday physical activity and will inform subsequent recommendations found in Chapter 5. This chapter begins with a description of participating stakeholders in the study and is followed by a discussion of the findings and results of the study. Two research questions guided this study: 1. What is the stakeholder knowledge and motivation related to reducing university employee sedentary behavior? 2. What is the interaction between the culture and context of PCU and Get Fit, and stakeholder knowledge and motivation? Participating Stakeholders The stakeholders of this study were employees of the College of Liberal Studies at Pacific Crest University who participate in the Get Fit lunchtime physical activity program. Information about the characteristics of the participating stakeholders is offered below. Survey Respondents Employees participating in the survey include those of multiple genders, ages, and years of service to the university. Of the 24 survey respondents, 19 (79%) identified as female, three (12%) as male, one as non-binary (4%), and one declined to state their gender (4%). Participants were represented by five age categorizations with the following distribution: six (25%) were 20– |
