The Effect of Physical Activity on Resiliency and Productivity and Reducing Staff Absence Based on Public Health of University’s Female Staff

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of 12-week physical activity on resiliency, productivity and reducing staff absence based on public health of the female staff of Islamic Azad University. In this paper, we used the pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study designs The method of this research was semi-experimental and carried out having pre-test and post-test with pre-testpost-test design with two control and experimental groups. The population of the research was consisted of 94 individuals among whom, the female staff of the university out of 94 academic staff, 48 persons were randomly selected and assigned to either of the control or experimental groups each containing 24 subjects. The tools for gathering data were the resiliency inventory of Connor and Davidson (2003) with Cronbach's alpha of r=0.90 and validity of r=0.84. The other questionnaire used for the productivity of workplace was and productivity inventory of Hang (2008), its reliability using reliability was r=0.71 and its validity was r=0.60 were used in order to measure the study variables. To test hypotheses independent t test and Mann Whitney test were used at α=0.05 to analyze the data. The results showed indicated that 12-week physical activity had significant effect on resiliency and productivity of the staff subjects. But the 12-week physical activity has not had a significant while the positive effect on reducing staff absence. It is recommended that managers stimulate regular physical exercise to all staff in organizations and to establish practical plans to provide physical activities, especially female staff whom suffering from special restrictions, can take advantages of this plan (productivity and resiliency). Keywords ABSTRACTOEl propósito de esta investigación fue estudiar el efecto de la actividad física de 12 semanas en la resiliencia, la productividad y la reducción de la ausencia del personal basada en la salud pública del personal femenino de la Universidad Islámica Azad. El método de esta investigación fue semi-experimental y llevado a cabo con pre-test y post-prueba con pre-test-post-test de diseño condos grupos de control y experimentales . La población de la investigación consistió en 94 individuos entre los cuales el personal femenino de la universidad de 94 miembros del personal académico, 48 personas fueron seleccionadas al azar y asignadas a cualquiera de los grupos control o experimental, cada una con 24 sujetos. Las herramientas para recopilar datos fueron el inventario de resiliencia de Connor y Davidson (2003) con el alfa de Cronbach de r = 0,90 y validez de r = 0,84. El otro cuestionario utilizado para la productividad del lugar de trabajo y el inventario de productividad de Hang (2008), su fiabilidad con fiabilidad fue r = 0,71 y su validez r = 0,60 se utilizaron para medir las variables del estudio. Para probar las hipótesis independientes t test y Mann Whitney prueba se utilizaron en α = 0,05 para analizar los datos. Los resultados mostraron que la actividad física de 12 semanas tenía...

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