2017
DOI: 10.1186/s40798-017-0099-7
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It's Time to Start Changing the Game: A 12-Week Workplace Team Sport Intervention Study

Abstract: BackgroundA 12-week multi-team sport programme was provided to employees of a large services organisation and conducted in workplaces. This programme was used to investigate the short-term effect of regular sports team participation on individual employee and organisational health.MethodsA large services organisation participated in this study. Two regional worksites of office workers were assigned as the team sport (intervention) (n = 28 participants) or control (n = 20 participants) groups. The team sport se… Show more

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“…The intervention, named ‘Changing the Game’ (CTG), was a 12-week team sport programme available to employees of a UK based FTSE 100 services organisation. A detailed overview of its design and findings over T 0 -T 1 (12-weeks) are available in Brinkley et al [8] . The intervention study tested the effectiveness of participation in workplace team sport on markers of individual health (e.g., VO 2 Max, wellbeing), PA behaviour, work team outcomes (e.g., cohesion, communication) and workplace outcomes (e.g., productivity, sickness, occupational fatigue).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The intervention, named ‘Changing the Game’ (CTG), was a 12-week team sport programme available to employees of a UK based FTSE 100 services organisation. A detailed overview of its design and findings over T 0 -T 1 (12-weeks) are available in Brinkley et al [8] . The intervention study tested the effectiveness of participation in workplace team sport on markers of individual health (e.g., VO 2 Max, wellbeing), PA behaviour, work team outcomes (e.g., cohesion, communication) and workplace outcomes (e.g., productivity, sickness, occupational fatigue).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Relatedness was supported through peer led sessions, the support of colleagues and membership and belonging to a workplace social group. The primary outcome of the intervention was VO 2 Max, and additional measures of individual, social-group and organisational health were taken at T 0 (baseline) and at T 1 (12-weeks) [8] . A brief overview of the programmes outcome measures is presented within the findings under the heading ‘efficacy’, whilst a detailed overview is available in Brinkley et al [8] .…”
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“…Psychosocial outcomes and psychosocial distress Additional quality of life outcomes are assessed via the Satisfaction With Life Scale, which has established reliable and valid test scores [36] and has been used in prior sport research [37]. Given our parent sample, we also measure relationship satisfaction with the Relationship Assessment Scale, which has shown adequate validity and reliability [38,39], and parental stress with the previously validated Parental Stress Scale, which has shown a high level of internal consistency [40].…”
Section: Secondary Outcome Measuresmentioning
confidence: 99%