Examining the impacts of job stress and job satisfaction on hotel employees’ eating behavior

ABSTRACT

This study examines the impacts of job stress and job satisfaction on emotional and external eating behaviors of hotel employees. It also examines the moderating effect of body mass index (BMI) on the proposed relationships. The data for the study was collected from 372 hotel employees in 10 four and five-star hotels in Antalya, Turkey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to test the study hypotheses. Study results reveal that job stress significantly positively influences both emotional and external eating, and that job satisfaction has a significant positive impact on only external eating behaviors of hotel employees. Study results further reveal a significant moderator effect of BMI on the relationship between job satisfaction and external eating. This is one of the first studies that investigate how job stress and job satisfaction influence external and emotional eating behaviors of employees in the hotel industry. The study findings offer valuable theoretical and practical implications for professionals, scholars, and peers in the health and hospitality industries.

本研

究探讨了工作压力和工作满意度对酒店员工的情绪和外部进食行为的影响。它还检查了体重指数（BMI）对所提出的关系的调节作用。研究数据来自于土耳其安塔利亚10家四家和五星级酒店的372名酒店员工。结构方程模型（SEM）进行测试研究假设。研究结果显示，工作压力显著正向影响情绪性进食与外部进食，而工作满意度仅对酒店员工的外部进食行为有显著正向影响。研究结果进一步揭示BMI对工作满意度与外部进食之间的关系具有显著的调节作用。这是首次调查工作压力和工作满意度如何影响酒店业员工的外部和情绪饮食行为的研究之一。该研究结果为卫生和酒店业的专业人士、学者和同行提供了有价值的理论和实践意义。

KEYWORDS:

• Job stress
• job satisfaction
• eating behaviors
• hotel employees