Working to Live or Living to Work? How Daily Work Experiences Affect Sport Employees’ Biometric Health

The progression of health-based innovations has enhanced our ability to assess various aspects of personal health and well-being. Research has examined associations between biometrics and exercise/workplace safety, but there is a need for interpreting how daily workplace experiences can affect biometric health. This study sought to examine how daily work experiences affect employee biometric health. Particularly, the researchers examined how positive/negative work experiences influenced employees’ well-being through physical activity (total steps), sleep, and heart rate. The study collected data from 28 college sport employees who logged 458 days of combined surveys and biometric data. Results show that participants reported higher total steps, improved sleep efficiency, and a reduced daily heart-rate average on days where they reported higher daily positive work experiences. On negative daily work experiences, participants only reported an increased daily heart-rate average. These findings provide initial evidence of daily work experiences influencing employee biometric health.