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Title: Work Factors, Work–Family Conflict, the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Healthy Intentions
Other Titles: A Cross-Cultural Study
Authors: Madihah, Shukri
Fiona, Jones
Mark, Conner
Keywords: Cross-cultural
Healthy intentions
Theory of planned behaviour (TPB)
Work factors
Work–family conflict
Issue Date: 1-Dec-2016
Publisher: Stress and Health
Citation: Vol.32;Issue 15;559-568 p.
Abstract: The present study examined the roles of work factors (i.e. job demands and job resources), work–family conflicts and culture on predictors of healthy intentions (fruit and vegetable consumption, low-fat diet and physical activity) within the framework of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Employees from the United Kingdom (N = 278) and Malaysia (N = 325) participated in the study. Results indicated that higher job demands were significantly related to lower intentions to eat a low-fat diet. Women reported higher intentions to eat a low-fat diet than men did, while participants from the United Kingdom had lower intentions to engage in physical activity compared with those from Malaysia. The efficacy of TPB variables in explaining intentions was verified, with perceived behavioural control (i.e. self-efficacy), attitudes and descriptive norms combined with past behaviour predictive across the samples. The results also suggest the roles of culture and work interference with family variables in moderating TPB–intention relationships and confirm that TPB variables mediate the effects of job demands and job resources on intentions. Practically, to promote health, identifying strategies to reduce stress factors; specifying important cognitive factors affecting work factors and thus, healthy intentions; and acknowledging cultural-specific determinants of healthy intentions are recommended
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5956
ISSN: 1532 3005
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