title: Attitudes toward incorporating fun into the health care workplace.
abstract: This study examined the extent to which health care workers' attitudes toward fun influenced their level of experienced fun and job satisfaction. We also examined their perceptions of whether 40 workplace activities were fun or not fun. Our results showed that, in general, our sample expressed positive attitudes regarding the appropriateness, salience, and consequences of having fun at work. In addition, those who reported experiencing greater levels of workplace fun had significantly higher job satisfaction. Implications for health care institutions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management and Marketing, School of Business, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peluchette
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Karl
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015146:Midwestern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*