Employees’ perceptions of the impact of work on health behaviours

Payne, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-9801, Jones, Fiona and Harris, Peter R. (2013) Employees’ perceptions of the impact of work on health behaviours. Journal of Health Psychology, 18 (7) . pp. 887-899. ISSN 1359-1053 [Article] (doi:10.1177/1359105312446772)

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Abstract

Research examining the impact of work on health behaviours has rarely provided a complete picture of the impact across health behaviours. Twenty-four employees were interviewed about their smoking, drinking, exercise and eating. Themes included the impact of the work environment, including policy, convenience and workplace cultural norms; business events effecting one’s routine, and again convenience and workplace cultural norms; being busy at work effecting time and energy for healthy behaviour; and work stress leading to health behaviours being used as coping responses on bad and good days. The impact of work is similar across health behaviours and is primarily detrimental.

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