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Fit program was something that made her appreciate working for PCU. Similarly, a survey
respondent wrote the following:
I am grateful to have Get Fit available to me as an employee. The instructors are great,
they are well-trained and personable. These programs help to make exercising accessible
and possible during our hectic work/personal lives. I am happy to know CLS supports
healthy lifestyles and offers work-life balance programs.
For the aforementioned survey respondent, Get Fit supports their continued success as an
employee and person.
Cultural Model 2: Employee Willingness to Change Behavior and Incorporate
Physical Activity. This study’s participants demonstrated willingness to engage in physical
activity counter to prevailing patterns in the broader context of the organization. As such, their
feedback regarding what would successfully engage those who do not participate offers
participant-centered, personally informed suggestions about what might advance cultural change
in this area. Data revealed aspects of the Get Fit program that employees consider effective for
encouraging their participation. Participants also shared ideas for idealized programs that might
engage more employees. New strategies for employee engagement are discussed below.
Two survey items investigated Get Fit participants’ interest in remaining engaged with
physical activity programming in the future, and how likely they would be to recommend a
program like Get Fit to a coworker. In response to the item asking how likely they would be to
participate in a program similar to Get Fit in the future, 21 of the 24 participants (98%) indicated
they would be “very likely” to do so. The remaining one participant (2%) indicated they would
be “likely” to participate. Responses to the item about recommending participating in Get Fit
were similarly high, with 21 participants (88%) indicating they would be “very likely” to do so,
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 | 109 Fit program was something that made her appreciate working for PCU. Similarly, a survey respondent wrote the following: I am grateful to have Get Fit available to me as an employee. The instructors are great, they are well-trained and personable. These programs help to make exercising accessible and possible during our hectic work/personal lives. I am happy to know CLS supports healthy lifestyles and offers work-life balance programs. For the aforementioned survey respondent, Get Fit supports their continued success as an employee and person. Cultural Model 2: Employee Willingness to Change Behavior and Incorporate Physical Activity. This study’s participants demonstrated willingness to engage in physical activity counter to prevailing patterns in the broader context of the organization. As such, their feedback regarding what would successfully engage those who do not participate offers participant-centered, personally informed suggestions about what might advance cultural change in this area. Data revealed aspects of the Get Fit program that employees consider effective for encouraging their participation. Participants also shared ideas for idealized programs that might engage more employees. New strategies for employee engagement are discussed below. Two survey items investigated Get Fit participants’ interest in remaining engaged with physical activity programming in the future, and how likely they would be to recommend a program like Get Fit to a coworker. In response to the item asking how likely they would be to participate in a program similar to Get Fit in the future, 21 of the 24 participants (98%) indicated they would be “very likely” to do so. The remaining one participant (2%) indicated they would be “likely” to participate. Responses to the item about recommending participating in Get Fit were similarly high, with 21 participants (88%) indicating they would be “very likely” to do so, |
