Distal and proximal predictors of snacking at work: A daily-survey study
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In: Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 102, No. 2, 01.02.2017, p. 151-162.
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T1 - Distal and proximal predictors of snacking at work
T2 - A daily-survey study
AU - Sonnentag, Sabine
AU - Pundt, Alexander
AU - Venz, Laura
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - This study aimed at examining predictors of healthy and unhealthy snacking at work. As proximal predictors we looked at food-choice motives (health motive, affect-regulation motive); as distal predictors we included organizational eating climate, emotional eating, and self-control demands at work. We collected daily survey data from 247 employees, over a period of 2 workweeks. Multilevel structural equation modeling showed that organizational eating climate predicted health as food-choice motive, whereas emotional eating and self-control demands predicted affect regulation as food-choice motive. The health motive, in turn, predicted consuming more fruits and more cereal bars and less sweet snacks; the affect-regulation motive predicted consuming more sweet snacks. Findings highlight the importance of a health-promoting eating climate within the organization and point to the potential harm of high self-control demands at work.
AB - This study aimed at examining predictors of healthy and unhealthy snacking at work. As proximal predictors we looked at food-choice motives (health motive, affect-regulation motive); as distal predictors we included organizational eating climate, emotional eating, and self-control demands at work. We collected daily survey data from 247 employees, over a period of 2 workweeks. Multilevel structural equation modeling showed that organizational eating climate predicted health as food-choice motive, whereas emotional eating and self-control demands predicted affect regulation as food-choice motive. The health motive, in turn, predicted consuming more fruits and more cereal bars and less sweet snacks; the affect-regulation motive predicted consuming more sweet snacks. Findings highlight the importance of a health-promoting eating climate within the organization and point to the potential harm of high self-control demands at work.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Diary
KW - Eating
KW - Food motives
KW - Organizational climate
KW - Self-control demands
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991063391&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/apl0000162
DO - 10.1037/apl0000162
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 27736117
AN - SCOPUS:84991063391
VL - 102
SP - 151
EP - 162
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
SN - 0021-9010
IS - 2
ER -