FITNESS CENTER

Onsite Fitness Center

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY3

Introduction4

Background of the study4

Statement of the Problem5

Purpose of the Study6

Hypotheses6

Significance7

Review of the Literature8

Changing View of Health9

Worksite Health Promotion11

Methodology12

Research Design12

Instrumentation12

Treatment of Data13

Anticipated Results14

REFERENCES15

APPENDIX18

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The purpose of the study is to examine job satisfaction and absenteeism in relation to utilization of an onsite fitness center. And to identify reasons for non-participation among employees. The study is conducted to analyze the importance of having an onsite fitness centre.

Onsite Fitness Center

Introduction

The escalation of health care costs, the shift in emphasis of national health policy from treatment of illness to prevention, and the increased competition faced by American corporations in the international marketplace have provided the impetus for employers to take a more active role in protecting their most valuable resource, their employees. Not only do employers have an investment in their employee training costs, experience, and good will, but a healthy employee is more productive, has fewer accidents, takes fewer sick days, and uses less health insurance benefits.

Health no longer can be considered the absence of disease. Health is a step-like continuum ranging from terminal illness and death to the highest peak of fitness. Health promotion programs are designed to facilitate alterations of unhealthy behavior and to effect a change in life-style. At the present time, the workplace is undoubtedly the site where these programs will have the greatest impact on the adult population.

Background of the study

Motivation for initiating worksite health promotion includes such expectations as; reduced absenteeism, improved employee morale, and increased productivity; reduced medical and disability costs; facilitation of recruitment and retention of high quality employees, enhanced corporate image and improved employee attitudes to both job and employer (Walker & Evans, 2007). Specifically, proponents of physical fitness maintain that exercise and its subsequent effect on fitness have a positive effect on the level of employee job satisfaction (Hoffman & Hobson, 2004).

Many corporations have instituted worksite health promotion programs in an effort to combat rising health care costs and to improve productivity and morale. While employees want to contain health care costs also, they may wish to participate in worksite programs for personal reasons, such as to improve body image or to lower blood pressure (Chenoweth, 2006). Although recent surveys indicate that more Americans are exercising and taking steps to promote their health, the majority of the American workforce does not use onsite fitness facilities or health promotion programs (Chenoweth, 2009). Worksite programs typically attract only 15-20% of the workforce, with only about 10% adhering to programs (Warner, et al., 2008).

Statement of the Problem

The problem of the study is to examine job satisfaction and absenteeism in relation to utilization of an onsite fitness center. A secondary problem is to identify reasons for nonparticipation among employees. The study is conducted to analyze the importance of having an onsite fitness centre.

All of the employers in our selected organization work a 12 hour shift schedule. The day shift times are from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the night shift times are from 4 ...