Abstract:
The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between participation in a fitness
training program and worker productivity in Lebanon. One hundred thirty-one individual
employees of the Beirut area were surveyed to measure the relationship between fitness
participation and perceived productivity and job satisfaction. Results found that nonparticipants
in fitness training programs were more likely to report health-related work
productivity limitations then participants. A positive relation was found with participants'
perception that exercise helps them enjoy their work better and relate better to their coworkers
and finding ones job interesting enough to avoid boredom.
Results also indicate that as the age group increases the loss of ability to repeat the same
hand motion, and finding ones' job interesting increase. When one doesn't exercise, the
loss of ability to use equipment and their enthusiasm about their job decreases. The
happier one feels about their job, the more they concentrate on their work, the more they
do the required amount of work on job, and the more one is able to work to his capacity.
Finally the more one feel he is forcing himself to go to work the less is his capacity to use
his equipment at work. This study has indicated that fitness training exercise may
positively influence employee self-reported, work-related productivity and job
satisfaction. Despite the low variance provided by the used variables, findings still add
valuable insight into the benefits of becoming physically active on a regular basis.
