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Employee Fitness Programs: Exploring Relationships between Perceived Organizational Support toward Employee Fitness and Organizational Sustainability Performance

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  • Zhe Wang

    (Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
    Department of Physical Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China)

  • Chunhong Liu

    (Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China)

  • Shuai Yang

    (Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China)

  • Lei Li

    (Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China)

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of employee fitness programs on organizational sustainability performance from the perspective of organizational support as perceived by employees. Organizational sustainability performance was specified as a second-order factor, which was affected by three first-order factors: financial performance, social performance, and environmental performance. A snowball sampling method was employed to conduct an online survey of working adults in Shanghai to test the proposed hypotheses. Results show that perceived organizational support toward employee fitness has a positive and significant effect on organizational sustainability performance, and the positive effect is mediated by job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This study also provides theoretical and managerial implications.

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  • Zhe Wang & Chunhong Liu & Shuai Yang & Lei Li, 2018. "Employee Fitness Programs: Exploring Relationships between Perceived Organizational Support toward Employee Fitness and Organizational Sustainability Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:6:p:1930-:d:151491
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